Attitudes, beliefs, motivation and identity in mathematics education : [electronic resource] an overview of the field and future directions / Gerald A. Goldin and 10 others.

1. Introduction / (Markku S. Hannula) -- 2. Surveys of the State of the Art; 2.1. Attitude / (Pietro Di Martino); 2.2. Student Self-efficacy Beliefs / (Marilena Pantziara); 2.3. Teacher Beliefs / (Qiaoping Zhang and Francesca Morselli); 2.4. Identity / (Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim, Sonja Lutovac, and Raimo Kaasila); 2.5. Motivation / (James A. Middleton, Amanda Jansen, and Gerald A. Goldin) -- 3. Summary and Looking Ahead.

This book records the state of the art in research on mathematics-related affect. It discusses the concepts and theories of mathematics-related affect along the lines of three dimensions. The first dimension identifies three broad categories of affect: motivation, emotions, and beliefs. The book contains one chapter on motivation, including discussions on how emotions and beliefs relate to motivation. There are two chapters that focus on beliefs and a chapter on attitude which cross-cuts through all these categories. The second dimension covers a rapidly fluctuating state to a more stable trait. All chapters in the book focus on trait-type affect and the chapter on motivation discusses both these dimensions. The third dimension regards the three main levels of theorizing: physiological (embodied), psychological (individual) and social. All chapters reflect that mathematics-related affect has mainly been studied using psychological theories.