Attitudes, Beliefs, Motivation and Identity in Mathematics Education: An Overview of the Field and Future Directions

This book records the state of the art in research on mathematics-related affect. It discusses the concepts and theories of mathematics-related affect along the lines of three dimensions.

The first dimension identifies three broad categories of affect: motivation, emotions, and beliefs. The book contains one chapter on motivation, including discussions on how emotions and beliefs relate to motivation. There are two chapters that focus on beliefs and a chapter on attitude which cross-cuts through all these categories. The second dimension covers a rapidly fluctuating state to a more stable trait. All chapters in the book focus on trait-type affect and the chapter on motivation discusses both these dimensions. The third dimension regards the three main levels of theorizing: physiological (embodied), psychological (individual) and social. All chapters reflect that mathematics-related affect has mainly been studied using psychological theories.

Author: Markku S. Hannula

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: Jun 29, 2016

Number of Pages: 35 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 3319328107

ISBN-13: 9783319328102