Sistema De Creencias Sobre Las Matemáticas En Los Estudiantes De Educación Básica

This article describes the influence of the beliefs of elementary and middle school students about mathematics and its learning process. There are collected appreciations, works and findings of several investigations of the development of mathematics learning and the influence of the imaginary and the belief in it. The results of some of these investigations lead to say that these students perceive mathematics as a useful but difficult subject, mechanics that is learned through repetition of exercises. Such beliefs are the product of the experience in school and influenced by the social context in which the student are involved of.