Efficacy of an Emotional and Cognitive Regulation Programme for Mathematics Problems Solving

Ana Caballero-Carrasco, Lina Melo-Niño, Luis Manuel Soto-Ardila and Luis M. Casas-García
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Ana Caballero-Carrasco: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Lina Melo-Niño: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Luis Manuel Soto-Ardila: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Luis M. Casas-García: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyse the efficacy of an emotional and cognitive regulation programme in mathematics problem solving (MPS) in primary education preservice teachers (PEPSTs). The objective was that the PEPSTs learn to solve mathematical problems and become aware of their emotions, self-regulating their learning process. The programme consists of two parts: the first one involves awareness and control of one’s affective responses before the MPS, and the second one involves an integrated model of MPS and emotional control (IMMPS). For the study, we opted for a pre-experimental pretest/posttest design with an experimental group and the complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methods. Some of the results that were obtained were greater emotional control in the PEPSTs, reducing the anxiety and blockages that MPS initially caused them.

Keywords: problem solving; emotional development; anxiety; preservice teacher education; mathematics education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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