Beliefs: A Hidden Variable in Mathematics Education?
Editors: Leder, G.C., Pehkonen, Erkki, Törner, Günter (Eds.)
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The twenty chapters in this book all focus on aspects of mathematical beliefs, from a variety of different perspectives. Current knowledge of the field is synthesized and existing boundaries are extended.
The book is divided into three, partly overlapping, sections. The first concentrates on conceptualizations and measurement of beliefs, the second on research about teachers' beliefs, and the third on facets of students' beliefs about mathematics. A diversity of instruments is used for data collection, including surveys, interviews, observations, and essay writing, as well as more innovative approaches.
The volume is intended for researchers in the fleld, as well as for mathematics educators teaching the next generation of students. The book is also useful for those working in other subject disciplines, since many of the themes explored have relevance well beyond mathematics education.
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Setting the Scene
Pages 1-10
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Framing Students’ Mathematics-Related Beliefs
Pages 13-37
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Rethinking Characterizations of Beliefs
Pages 39-57
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Affect, Meta-Affect, and Mathematical Belief Structures
Pages 59-72
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Mathematical Beliefs — A Search for a Common Ground: Some Theoretical Considerations on Structuring Beliefs, Some Research Questions, and Some Phenomenological Observations
Pages 73-94
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Beliefs: A Hidden Variable in Mathematics Education?
- Editors
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- G.C. Leder
- Erkki Pehkonen
- Günter Törner
- Series Title
- Mathematics Education Library
- Series Volume
- 31
- Copyright
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-306-47958-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/0-306-47958-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-1057-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-1058-3
- Series ISSN
- 0924-4921
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 364
- Topics