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- Focuses on the views of middle school students who are experiencing mathematics at the crucial time when their negative (and positive) perceptions are developing
- Examines the perennial problem of poor attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and offers a student perspective on this issue
- Viewing mathematics learning as identity development allows readers to understand mathematics pedagogy in a broader, more holistic sense
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
Peter Grootenboer
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University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Australia
Margaret Marshman
About the authors
Associate Professor Peter Grootenboer was a school teacher and leader for 12 years before moving into the tertiary sector. He received a national Jim Campbell Award for teaching excellence. He is now an Associate Professor in Education at Griffith University and a member of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. His research interests include mathematics education, educational leadership, practice/praxis theory, and issues of social justice.
Dr Margaret Marshman worked as a hospital physicist, in laser physics and mathematical modelling for magnetic resonance imaging before becoming a secondary Mathematics and Science teacher and Mathematics Head of Department on the Gold Coast. She is involved in teacher education in the Graduate Diploma and undergraduate programs and has been involved in the professional development of practitioners through post-graduate programs. She is particularly interested in how students formulate and solve mathematical and scientific problems and also publishes in other areas of mathematical investigations, collaborative learning, middle schooling and mathematics and science education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mathematics, Affect and Learning
Book Subtitle: Middle School Students’ Beliefs and Attitudes About Mathematics Education
Authors: Peter Grootenboer, Margaret Marshman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-679-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-678-2Published: 24 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1218-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-679-9Published: 17 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 135
Topics: Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education, Learning & Instruction