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Fostering Students' Identification With Mathematics And Science, Brett D. Jones, Chloe Ruff, Jason W. Osborne
Fostering Students' Identification With Mathematics And Science, Brett D. Jones, Chloe Ruff, Jason W. Osborne
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Book Summary: Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in mathematics and science learning. As the contributors illuminate across the volume’s 22 chapters, interest provides a critical bridge between cognition and affect in learning and development. This volume will be useful to educators, researchers, and policy makers, especially those whose focus is mathematics, science, and technology education.
Chapter Summary: The primary purpose of this chapter is to explore the process whereby students transition from a short-term, situational interest in mathematics or science to a more enduring individual interest in …