Beliefs: A Hidden Variable in Mathematics Education?

Tables and Figures. Acknowledgements. Contributors. 1. Setting the Scene; G.C. Leder, et al. Part 1: Beliefs: Conceptualization and Measurement. 2. Framing Students' Mathematics-Related Beliefs. A Quest for Conceptual Clarity and a Comprehensive Categorization; P. Op't Eynde, et al. 3. Rethinking Characterizations of Beliefs; F. Furinghetti, E. Pehkonen. 4. Affect, Meta-Affect, and Mathematical Belief Structures; G.A. Goldin. 5. Mathematical Beliefs A Search for Common Ground: Some Theoretical Considerations on Structuring Beliefs, Some Research Questions, and Some Phenomenological Observations; G. Törner. 6. Measuring Mathematical Beliefs and Their Impact on the Learning of Mathematics: A new Approach; G.H. Leder, H.J. Forgasz. 7. Synthesis Beliefs and Mathematics Education: Implications for Learning, Teaching, and Research; B.B. McLeod, S.H. McLeod. Part 2: Teacher's Beliefs. 8. Mathematics Teacher Change and Development. The Role of Beliefs; M. Wilson, T.J. Cooney. 9. Mathematics Teacher's Beliefs and Experiences with Innovative Curriculum Materials. The Role of Curriculum in Teacher Development; G.M. Lloyd. 10. A Four Year Follow-up Study of Teachers'Beliefs after Participating in a Teacher Enhancement Project; L.C. Hart. 11.Belief Structure and Inservice High School Mathematics Teacher Growth; O. Chapman. 12. Participation and Reification in Learning to Teach: The Role of Knowledge and Beliefs; S. Llinares. 13. A Study of the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Primary Teachers; G. Philippou, C. Christou. 14. A Study ofthe Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs and on Change; S. Lerman. Part 3: Students'Beliefs. 15. Beliefs about Mathematics and Mathematics Learning in the Secondary School: Measurement and Implications for Motivation; P. Kloosterman. 16. 'The Answer is Really 4.5': Beliefs about Word Problems; B. greer, et al. 17. Beliefs about the Nature of Mathematics in the Bridging of Everyday and School Mathematical Practices; N. Presmeg. 18. Beliefs and Norms in the Mathematics Classroom; E. Yackel, C. Rasmussen. 19. Intuitive Beliefs, Formal Definitions and Undefined Operations: Cases of Division by Zero; P. Tsamir, D. Tirosh. 20. Implications of Research on Students' Beliefs for Classroom Practice; F.K. Lester Jr. Index