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High School Students' Emotional Experiences in Mathematics Classes
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Martínez-Sierra, Gustavo; García González, María del Socorro – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The aim of this qualitative research is to identify Mexican high school students' emotional experiences in mathematics classes. In order to obtain the data, focus group interviews were carried out with 22 students. The data analysis is based on the theory of the cognitive structure of emotions (Ortony, Clore & Collins, 1988) that specifies the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Emotional Experience, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving
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Martínez-Sierra, Gustavo; González, María del Socorro García – Research in Mathematics Education, 2014
The aim of this qualitative research is to identify Mexican high school students' emotional experiences in mathematics classes. In order to obtain the data, focus group interviews were carried out with 22 students. The data analysis is based on the theory of the cognitive structure of emotions, which specifies the eliciting conditions for each…
Descriptors: High School Students, Emotional Experience, Mathematics Education, Qualitative Research
Schema Knowledge for Solving Arithmetic Story Problems: Some Affective Components.
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Marshall, Sandra P. – 1988
This report discusses the role of affect in cognitive processing. The importance of affect in processing mathematical information is described in the context of solving arithmetic story problems. Some ideas are offered about the way affective responses to mathematical problem solving situations influence the development, maintenance, and retrieval…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education
Affective Issues in Mathematical Problem Solving: Some Theoretical Considerations.
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McLeod, Douglas B. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1988
Mandler's theory of emotion is suggested as a framework for investigating affective issues in problem solving. Several dimensions of the emotional states of problem solvers are specified. Implications of this framework for research on affective issues in problem solving are also discussed. (PK)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Processes