Emotions in Problem Posing: a Case Study Assessing Students' Enjoyment and Anger Through Facial Expressions

Abstract

In real life, problems arise and have to be posed before they can be solved. While interest in research on mathematical problem posing is growing, affective aspects, particularly emotions, have received little attention. To contribute to closing this gap, we examined (RQ1) whether students’ enjoyment and anger differed across problem-posing activities and (RQ2) which events triggered these emotions during problem posing. We analyzed the problem-posing processes of two tenth-grade students by applying facial expression analysis to assess their emotions. Students expressed more enjoyment in problem evaluation compared with problem solving and more anger in problem solving compared with all other activities. Among various emotional triggers, enjoyment tended to occur when students set up and adjusted real-world conditions.

Keywords

Problem PosingEmotionsEnjoymentAngerFacial-Expression-Analysis

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