Re-visits terminology used nearly 200 years ago by PinelHelp readers develop understanding of the relationship between affect and mathematical modelling from an international perspective
Provides insight on affective states while problem solvers create mathematical models
In the book, the relationship between affect and modeling is discussed because, as educational psychologists have suggested for decades, affect directly influences achievement. Moreover, given the importance of mathematical modeling and the applications to high level mathematics, it provides the field of mathematics psychology with insight regarding affect, in relation to mathematical modeling. By doing so it helps determine the degree to which understanding of mathematics and understanding affect in mathematical modeling episodes may have a direct effect on cognition.