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Mathematics, affect and learning : middle school students' beliefs and attitudes about mathematics education / Peter Grootenboer, Margaret Marshman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore ; New York : Springer, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xviii, 135 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9812876782
  • 9789812876782
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA11.2 .G756 2016
Contents:
The affective domain, mathematics, and mathematics education -- Investigating students' ideas about mathematics and mathematics education -- Students' beliefs and attitudes about mathematics and learning mathematics -- Differences in the affective responses of various groups -- Changes in affective responses to mathematics through the middle school years -- Building positive affect in mathematics.
Summary: Examines the beliefs, attitudes, values and emotions of students in Years 5 to 8 (aged 10 to 14 years) about mathematics and mathematics education. Based on a number of empirical studies, including an enquiry undertaken with 45 children in Years 5 and 6 in one school; a large-scale quantitative study undertaken with students from a range of schools across diverse communities in New Zealand; and two related small-scale studies with junior secondary students in Australia.
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The affective domain, mathematics, and mathematics education -- Investigating students' ideas about mathematics and mathematics education -- Students' beliefs and attitudes about mathematics and learning mathematics -- Differences in the affective responses of various groups -- Changes in affective responses to mathematics through the middle school years -- Building positive affect in mathematics.

Examines the beliefs, attitudes, values and emotions of students in Years 5 to 8 (aged 10 to 14 years) about mathematics and mathematics education. Based on a number of empirical studies, including an enquiry undertaken with 45 children in Years 5 and 6 in one school; a large-scale quantitative study undertaken with students from a range of schools across diverse communities in New Zealand; and two related small-scale studies with junior secondary students in Australia.

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