Mathematics is important but boring : students' beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics

Students' beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics teaching and learning is the focus of the study described in this paper. Some preliminary results from research carried out in Norway in 2005 are ...

[1]  Barbro Grevholm,et al.  Beliefs and attitudes in mathematics teaching and learning , 2005 .

[2]  A. Schoenfeld.  Learning to Think Mathematically: Problem Solving, Metacognition, and Sense Making in Mathematics (Reprint) , 2009 .

[3]  Gilah C. Leder,et al.  Beliefs A hidden variable in Mathematics Education , 2002 .

[4]  W. H. Cockcroft,et al.  Mathematics counts : report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in Schools under the chairmanship of Dr W H Cockcroft , 1982 .

[5]  Robert Burden,et al.  'French is the Language of Love and Stuff': Student perceptions of issues related to motivation in learning a foreign language , 2002 .

[6]  Douglas A. Grouws,et al.  Handbook of research on mathematics teaching and learning , 1992 .

[7]  T. Koballa.  Attitude and related concepts in science education , 1988 .

[8]  Frank K. Lester,et al.  Implications of Research on Students’ Beliefs for Classroom Practice , 2002 .

[9]  Peter Kloosterman,et al.  Beliefs About Mathematics and Mathematics Learning in the Secondary School: Measurement and Implications for Motivation , 2002 .

[10]  Intuitive Beliefs, Formal Definitions and Undefined Operations: Cases of Division by Zero , 2002 .

[11]  A. Thompson.  Teachers' beliefs and conceptions: A synthesis of the research. , 1992 .

[12]  Affect in Mathematics Education--Exploring Theoretical Frameworks. Research Forum. , 2004 .

[13]  Stephen Gorard.  Quantitative Methods in Educational Research , 2001 .

[14]  Erkki Pehkonen.  On Differences in Pupils' Connections about Mathematics Teaching , 1994 .

[15]  T. Tinklin,et al.  Gender Differences and High Attainment , 2003 .

[16]  L. Aiken.  Attitude Measurement and Research. , 1980 .

[17]  Douglas B. McLeod,et al.  Beliefs, Attitudes, and Emotions: New Views of Affect in Mathematics Education , 1989 .

[18]  Douglas B. McLeod,et al.  Affect and mathematical problem solving : a new perspective , 1989 .

[19]  Aaron Sloman,et al.  Motives, Mechanisms, and Emotions , 1987, The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence.

[20]  Gilah C. Leder,et al.  Measuring Methematical Beliefs and Their Impact on the Learning of Mathematics: A New Approach , 2002 .

[21]  H. Triandis.  Attitude and attitude change , 1971 .

[22]  Steven J. Chrostowski,et al.  TIMSS 2003 International Mathematics Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades. , 2004 .

[23]  L. Hart.  Describing the Affective Domain: Saying What We Mean , 1989 .

[24]  Lene Østergaard Johansen.  "Vurdering i matematikk - Hvorfor og hvordan? Fra småskole til voksenopplæring , 2005 .

[25]  Joe Garofalo,et al.  Self-Confidence, Interest, Beliefs, and Metacognition: Key Influences on Problem-Solving Behavior , 1989 .

[26]  Nancy Nesbitt Vacc,et al.  Elementary Preservice Teachers' Changing Beliefs and Instructional Use of Children's Mathematical Thinking , 1999 .

[27]  M. Hannula,et al.  RF01: AFFECT IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION - EXPLORING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS 1 , 2004 .

[28]  R. Gorsuch,et al.  Beliefs, attitudes, and values , 1968 .