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Title: Math, The Girl That All the Nerds Want: Examining Attitudes and Beliefs by Personifying Mathematics
Authors: Rodriguez, Briana
Keywords: Learning and Identity
Issue Date: Jun-2020
Publisher: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Citation: Rodriguez, B. (2020). Math, The Girl That All the Nerds Want: Examining Attitudes and Beliefs by Personifying Mathematics. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 2 (pp. 921-922). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Abstract: This concurrent-nested mixed methods study explored mathematics personification to examine students’ (n = 173) attitudes and beliefs about mathematics. Findings highlight 7 themes of personification: organized, rigid, useful, engaging, enigmatic, daunting, and thoughtful; and reveal a relationship between daunting and math anxiety. A common theme among students who rated themselves as high in math anxiety is that mathematics as a person is enigmatic, daunting, and thoughtful, indicating a greater need for a healing-centered approach to teaching mathematics.
URI: https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2020.921
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