Understanding Emotions in Mathematical Thinking and Learning

ISBN 10: 0128022183 / ISBN 13: 9780128022184

Published by Academic Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Emotions in Mathematical Thinking and Learning
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128022183
• ISBN 13: 9780128022184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Emotions play a critical role in mathematical cognition and learning. Understanding Emotions in Mathematical Thinking and Learning offers a multidisciplinary approach to the role of emotions in numerical cognition, mathematics education, learning sciences, and affective sciences. It addresses ways in which emotions relate to cognitive processes involved in learning and doing mathematics, including processing of numerical and physical magnitudes (e.g. time and space), performance in arithmetic and algebra, problem solving and reasoning attitudes, learning technologies, and mathematics achievement. Additionally, it covers social and affective issues such as identity and attitudes toward mathematics.

• Covers methodologies in studying emotion in mathematical knowledge
• Reflects the diverse and innovative nature of the methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks proposed by current investigations of emotions and mathematical cognition
• Includes perspectives from cognitive experimental psychology, neuroscience, and from sociocultural, semiotic, and discursive approaches
• Explores the role of anxiety in mathematical learning
• Synthesizes unifies the work of multiple sub-disciplines in one place

About the Author

Ulises Xolocotzin is a faculty member in the Mathematics Education Department at the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav-IPN). He completed his undergraduate studies in Psychology, and an MSc in Educational Psychology, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Following this, he obtained a PhD in Psychology at the Learning Sciences Research Institute in the University of Nottingham. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Bristol and Cinvestav, he was a full-time researcher in the Education and University Research Institute (IISUE) at UNAM. His work focuses on the psychology of mathematics education, with a special interest in how emotion relates to cognition during mathematical activity.