Aims

In the tradition of Topic Study Groups on affect at previous ICME conferences, the Topic Study Group 27, "Motivation, beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics and its teaching," addresses researchers working in the field of affect in mathematics education. Affect has been a topic of interest in mathematics education research for more than thirty years. Today we know that affective variables can be seen as either hidden or explicit factors that influence learning outcomes as well as pedagogic practice. The different research perspectives used in the study of affect include psychological, social, philosophical, and linguistic, and we welcome all these and as well as other perspectives.
The constructs 'motivation', 'beliefs', and 'attitudes' should be interpreted in the broadest sense of the terms, and we thus invite discussion on all areas of affect, encompassing attitude, beliefs, emotion, goals, identity, motivation, needs, self-concept, and values, as they play a crucial role in mathematics learning and teaching.
The aims of TSG 27 at ICMI-12 are:
1. To address researchers working in the field of affect in mathematics education.
2. To generate discussion on motivation, beliefs, and attitudes in mathematics education, both at the student's and the teacher's level.
3. To present research results and reports on research activities that will allow the group to make an updated sketch of the state of the art, thus further developing the aims of the 27th ICMI Study, and addressing new trends and developments in research and practice in these areas.
We expect that participants will engage in the review process prior to the conference, and we will nominate respondents to all presentations in order to enable deeper levels of critical discussion during the conference.
Key words: affect, attitude, beliefs, emotion, goals, identity, motivation, needs, self-concept, values.

Guidelines for submission
The activities of the group during the conference will include selected lecture-type presentations, with most of the time spent in discussions around accepted papers. We invite research-based papers on affect in mathematics education. We encourage papers from researchers worldwide and are particularly interested in papers that relate theory to practice. Each participant is restricted to one speaking appearance.

• Proposals should be in English and should have the following content: Title, Name(s) and e-mail addresses of the author(s), Institution, Country, Abstract (max 10 lines), Main text, References, and Appendices (optional).
• The length of the paper is expected to be up to 8 pages (including references and appendices). For submissions, please use the same format as for PME 35 (e.g., A4 paper with margins set at 2.5 cm for top and bottom; 2 cm left and 2 cm right).
• Proposals should be submitted electronically by November 30, 2011 both via e-mail to the Co-chairs of TSG 27 and through the on-line submission system at the Congress website.
• Proposals received will be acknowledged upon reception. Based on the received proposals the Organizing Team of TSG 27 will compose the program.

Deadlines
November 30, 2011 Proposal submission
January 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance
April 10, 2012 Submission of Final Draft

Organizers 
Co-chairs : Birgit Pepin(Norway) birgit.pepin@hist.no
                 Ji Won Son(USA) sonjiwon@utk.edu
Team Members : Bettina Roesken(Germany) Bettina.roesken@uni-due.de
                          Ines Gomez Chacon(Spain) igomezchacon@mat.ucm.es 
                          Nayoung Kwon(Korea) rykwon@inha.ac.kr 
Liaison IPC Member : Bill Barton b.barton@auckland.ac.nz , barton@math.auckland.ac.nz