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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica, University of Pisa, I, Pisa, Italy

    Rosetta Zan

  2. Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K.

    Laurinda Brown

  3. Mathematics and Statistics Group Middlesex, University London, London, U.K.

    Jeff Evans

  4. Department of Applied Sciences of Education, University of Helsinki FIN, Helsinki, Finland

    Markku S. Hannula

  5. Department of Mathematics, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Markku S. Hannula

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Zan, R., Brown, L., Evans, J. et al. Affect in Mathematics Education: An Introduction. Educ Stud Math 63, 113–121 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-006-9028-2

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