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McGregor, Darren – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Ill-structured tasks presented in an inquiry learning environment have the potential to affect students' beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics. This empirical research followed a Design Experiment approach to explore how aspects of using ill-structured tasks may have affected students' beliefs and attitudes. Results showed this task type and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
McLeod, Douglas B. – 1986
The paper discusses the affective influences on students of problem solving instruction using computers, and the relationship of affective influences to student belief systems. It reviews affective issues and problem solving, and analyzes affect with particular reference to the work of G. Mandler. The paper considers types of congnitive processes,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, College Mathematics
da Ponte, Joao Pedro, Ed.; Matos, Joao Filipe, Ed. – 1994
The Proceedings of PME-XVIII have been published in four separate volumes because of the large number of individual conference papers reported. Volume I contains brief reports for 11 Working Groups and 8 Discussion Groups, 55 "Short Oral Communications," 28 Posters, 5 Plenary Panel reports, and 4 Plenary Session reports. Volume II…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Algebra, Beliefs, Calculators