Student Attitude, Student Understanding and Mathematics Anxiety [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Jul 3-7, 2010).

Autor/inn/en	Jennison, Michelle; Beswick, Kim
Institution	Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Titel	Student Attitude, Student Understanding and Mathematics Anxiety [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Jul 3-7, 2010).
Quelle	(2010), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Anxiety; Intervention; Middle Schools; Teaching Methods; Mathematics Instruction; Conferences (Gatherings); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on two of ten themes that emerged from a study of the impacts of a fraction teaching intervention on the mathematics anxiety and fraction competence of eight Year 8 students. The themes arose from multiple data sources and relate to Student Attitude and Student Understanding. The students identified practical, hands-on activities and group work as impacting positively on their understanding and their confidence in relation to fractions. The influence of improved understanding and confidence was also recorded as positively affecting student attitudes to fractions in particular and mathematics in general. The study highlights the connections between mathematics anxiety among middle school students and their existing understandings of and attitudes towards mathematics. (Contains 2 tables.) [For the complete proceedings, "Shaping the Future of Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia, July 3-7, 2010)," see ED520764.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10