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Role Modeling in Mathematics: The Case of Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874–1954)
✍ Scribed by Della Dumbaugh Fenster
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0315-0860
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✦ Synopsis
The processes of mentoring and role modeling-what they are, how they are done, how effective they are-represent a key component in the maintenance and sustenance of academic disciplines. In particular, the members of the early American mathematical community passed on the intangibles of their trade through self-conscious role modeling and, at times, mentoring. The education and career of one of the most eminent participants in this group, Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874Dickson ( -1954)), provides a case study for the analysis of this aspect of learning.