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Pólya on Mathematical Abilities

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dc.creator Jeremy Kilpatrick
dc.date 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:30:19Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:30:19Z
dc.identifier 1062-9017
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/827a063094d74dfc879fd6ac9d395db7
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30955
dc.description In April 1978, I interviewed George Pólya about his views on mathematical abilities. I was in California for the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in San Diego and arranged to stop by Pólya’s house in Palo Alto after the meeting to discuss his views on mathematical abilities as well as the articles on mathematics education to be included in his collected papers (Rota, Reynolds, & Shortt, 1984). The following article is abridged from that interview and focuses on mathematical abilities. For me, the most unexpected feature of the interview was that although Pólya had obviously reflected throughout his long life on the question of how he and others do mathematics, he had apparently not given much thought previously to the abilities they were drawing on when they did it. Nonetheless, Pólya’s wit and charm come through clearly as he patiently struggles with his former student’s awkward questions.
dc.publisher University of Georgia
dc.relation http://math.coe.uga.edu/TME/Issues/v21n1/v21n1_Editorial_Kilpatrick&Polya.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1062-9017
dc.source Mathematics Educator, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 3-8 (2011)
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.title Pólya on Mathematical Abilities
dc.type article


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