Disaffection with School Mathematics / by Gareth Lewis.

• VerfasserIn: Lewis, Gareth.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

‘Young peoples’ disaffection with mathematics is a problem since it is a key factor in disengagement, lack of participation, progression and attainment. Large numbers of young people are becoming effectively ‘lost’ to mathematics with the result that too many young people are leaving education witho...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• The Problem with Mathematics
• The Importance of Disaffection
• Disaffection with Mathematics
• Characterising Disaffection
• The Domain of Affect
• The Influence of ESM 63
• Attitude
• Motivation
• Emotions
• Reversal Theory
• Reversal Theory
• Critique of Self Determination Theory
• The Structure of Affect
• The Studies
• The Main Study – Methods and Instruments
• The Incidence of Disaffection – Whole School Cohort Study
• Incidence of Disaffection – Quantitative Data from the Main Study
• The Case of Anna
• Images of Disaffection
• Why Aren’t I an A or B Anymore: The Case of Anna
• The Case of Helen
• The Case of Eve
• The Case of Meena
• The Case of Raz
• The Case of Masud
• The Case of Liam
• The Landscape of Disaffection
• Disaffection from a Reversal Theory Perspective
• Positive Experience of Mathematics
• Other Aspects of Disaffection
• Some Theoretical Perspectives on the Findings
• The Development of Cognitively-Mediated Structures
• The Landscape of Disaffection
• Structural Influences on Disaffection
• Motivation
• Individuality and Motivational Style
• Motivational Pathways
• Motivational Climate for Learning Mathematics
• Perspectives on Research into Disaffection
• Challenging Assumptions
• Use of Reversal Theory
• References.