RT Journal Article T1 Interpreting the Relationship Between Emotions and Understanding in Mathematics: An Operational Approach Applied to Measurement with Preservice Elementary Teachers A1 Quintanilla-Batallanos, Verónica Aurora A1 Gallardo-Romero, Jesús K1 Educación K1 Psicología de la educación K1 Desarrollo cognitivo K1 Matemáticas -- Estudio y enseñanza AB This research explores the relationship between emotions and understanding in mathematics. In concrete, an interpretive model is proposed allowing to relate, operationally, the student's emotional experience with a functional view of their understanding, based on their uses of mathematical knowledge. The model includes a specific method for detecting the connections between students’ emotions and their understanding during mathematical practices in the classroom. This method is applied in an empirical qualitative study with preservice elementary teachers involved in measurement problem solving in pairs. The study provides positive results on the influence of students' understanding on the generation of their different emotions during the mathematical activity performed. In the same way, the emotions provide plausible reasons that help to explain the students’ mathematical understanding. PB Elsevier YR 2022 FD 2022-10-28 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26329 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26329 LA eng NO Quintanilla, V. A., & Gallardo, J. (2022). Interpreting the relationship between emotions and understanding in mathematics: An operational approach applied to measurement with preservice elementary teachers. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 68, 101012. NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 22 ene 2026