ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how researchers understand the concept of emotion, and how emotions differ from terms such as "mood" and "affect". It considers different types of emotions that are especially important in the academic context, such as achievement, epistemic, and social emotions. The chapter addresses the occurrence of these emotions in academic settings and discusses how they differ between individuals and academic domains. It describes methods used by researchers to measure these emotions and focuses on students' emotions. Exploratory research using qualitative interviews with students and teachers is suited to investigate the occurrence and subjective phenomenology of emotions. However, more rigorous quantitative methodology is needed to gather more precise evidence on their functions, origins, and development. Researchers have made continuous progress in the development of self-report measures of academic emotions. The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ) predicts students' academic achievement, course enrollment, and dropout rates.
