Beliefs: A Hidden Variable in Mathematics Education?G.C. Leder, Erkki Pehkonen, Günter Törner 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. |
Contents
Setting the Scene | 1 |
Framing Students MathematicsRelated Beliefs A Quest 13 | 12 |
Rethinking Characterizations of Beliefs | 39 |
Affect MetaAffect and Mathematical Belief Structures 59 | 58 |
Mathematical Beliefs A Search for a Common Ground | 73 |
Measuring Mathematical Beliefs and Their Impact on the | 95 |
Synthesis Beliefs and Mathematics Education | 115 |
Mathematics Teacher Change and Development The | 127 |
Belief Structure and Inservice High School Mathematics | 177 |
Participation and Reification in Learning to Teach The 195 | 194 |
A Study of the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs | 211 |
Situating Research on Mathematics Teachers Beliefs 233 | 232 |
The Answer is Really 4 5 Beliefs about Word | 271 |
Beliefs about the Nature of Mathematics in the Bridging | 293 |
Beliefs and Norms in the Mathematics Classroom | 313 |
Intuitive Beliefs Formal Definitions and Undefined | 331 |
Mathematics Teachers Beliefs and Experiences with 149 | 148 |
A Four Year Followup Study of Teachers Beliefs after | 161 |
Implications of Research on Students Beliefs for | 345 |
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