Learning mathematics successfully : raising self-efficacy in students, teachers and parents

• Main Authors: Hickman, Clark J. (Author), Sherman, Helene J. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2019.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching (Elementary); Self-efficacy.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Mathematics.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy.; Educational: Mathematics and numeracy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806606320
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64113-739-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)

"This book is an important resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, as well as families in applying the theory of self-efficacy to support learners in becoming confident and assured in their ability to understand and apply mathematical principles and procedures. Coupled with classroom...

Table of Contents:

• Foundations of social learning theory and self-efficacy : teaching, learning, and mentoring
• Self-efficacy and student learning
• Mathematical self-efficacy and the student
• Attending to professionalism : addressing the teacher's own self-efficacy to teaching mathematics
• Parents' role in fostering mathematical self-efficacy : parents and teachers working together
• Using self-efficacy in mathematics games and activities
• Pulling it all together : self-efficacy in math, lifelong learning, and the importance of parents and teachers in shaping student-confidence.