Using Pólya to Overcome Translation Difficulties

Jacobbe features the four-step problem-solving process outlined by George Polya in his masterpiece How to Solve It, which is a simple yet thorough method of improving student's abilities to solve problems. The process focuses on heuristic reasoning, whose purpose, according to Polya, is to &quo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Mathematics teacher 2007-12, Vol.101 (5), p.390-393
Hauptverfasser:	Jacobbe, Tim, Knott, Libby, Evitts, Thomas A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algebra Cognitive style College students Connecting Research to Teaching Error rates Geometric translations Heuristic Mathematical problems Mathematics education Mathematics teachers Misconception Polya, George Problem solving Teaching methods
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Zusammenfassung:	Jacobbe features the four-step problem-solving process outlined by George Polya in his masterpiece How to Solve It, which is a simple yet thorough method of improving student's abilities to solve problems. The process focuses on heuristic reasoning, whose purpose, according to Polya, is to "discover the solution of the present problem." Polya's problem-solving process is simple enough for an elementary school student to understand and apply, yet thorough enough to be useful to mathematics graduate students.
ISSN:	0025-5769 2330-0582