David Tall

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

David Tall is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability and Theoretical Computer Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Tall has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Education, 55 papers in Statistics and Probability and 33 papers in Theoretical Computer Science. Recurrent topics in David Tall's work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (97 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (42 papers) and History and Theory of Mathematics (33 papers). David Tall is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (97 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (42 papers) and History and Theory of Mathematics (33 papers). David Tall collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. David Tall's co-authors include Shlomo Vinner, Eddie Gray, Márcia Maria Fusaro Pinto, Michael Atiyah, Ian Stewart, R. L. E. Schwarzenberger, Michael Thomas, Guershon Harel, Demetra Pitta‐Pantazi and Michael Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Australasian Journal of Paramedicine.

In The Last Decade

David Tall

144 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Tall United Kingdom 38 4.4k 2.1k 983 647 509 153 5.4k
Ed Dubinsky United States 30 2.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 666 0.7× 262 0.4× 368 0.7× 93 3.0k
Hans Freudenthal Netherlands 24 2.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 492 0.5× 282 0.4× 638 1.3× 110 4.0k
Reuben Hersh United States 22 1.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 721 0.7× 354 0.5× 201 0.4× 79 3.4k
Tommy Dreyfus Israel 26 2.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 704 0.7× 211 0.3× 217 0.4× 107 2.7k
Shlomo Vinner Israel 12 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 430 0.4× 255 0.4× 166 0.3× 25 2.4k
Alan H. Schoenfeld United States 42 5.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 2.6k 2.6× 126 0.2× 552 1.1× 150 7.4k
Efraim Fischbein Israel 22 2.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 410 0.4× 184 0.3× 164 0.3× 35 2.7k
Patrick W Thompson Cyprus 29 2.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 607 0.6× 152 0.2× 200 0.4× 96 2.8k
Celia Hoyles United Kingdom 33 2.7k 0.6× 930 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 149 0.2× 142 0.3× 141 3.7k
Matthew Inglis United Kingdom 29 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 986 1.0× 149 0.2× 176 0.3× 109 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Tall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Tall

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tall, David, et al.. (2005). Descriptions and Definitions in the Teaching of Elementary Calculus. Proceedings of the ... PME Conference. 2. 445–452. 8 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (2004). THINKING THROUGH THREE WORLDS OF MATHEMATICS. Proceedings of the ... PME Conference. 109 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (2004). Building Theories: The Three Worlds of Mathematics.. for the learning of mathematics. 24(1). 29–32. 54 indexed citations
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Pinto, Márcia Maria Fusaro & David Tall. (2002). Building Formal Mathematics on Visual Imagery: A Case Study and a Theory.. for the learning of mathematics. 22(1). 2–10. 46 indexed citations
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Tall, David, et al.. (1997). Definitions and Images for the Definite Integral Concept. Genome Announcements. 5(13). 75 indexed citations
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Tall, David, et al.. (1996). Can All Children Climb the Same Curriculum Ladder. Mathematics in school. 25(3). 8–12. 2 indexed citations
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Tall, David & J. T. Mills. (1992). Modelling irrational numbers in analysis using elementary programming. The Mathematical Gazette. 76(476). 243–250. 1 indexed citations
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Harel, Guershon & David Tall. (1991). The General, the Abstract, and the Generic in Advanced Mathematics. for the learning of mathematics. 11(1). 38–42. 84 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (1991). Intuition and rigour: the role of visualization in the calculus. 105–119. 28 indexed citations
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Mills, J. T., et al.. (1990). A Quartic with a thousand roots. The Mathematical Gazette. 74(470). 339–346. 1 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (1990). Inconsistencies in the Learning of Calculus and Analysis. Focus on learning problems in mathematics. 12. 49–63. 38 indexed citations
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Tall, David & Michael Tilson Thomas. (1989). Versatile Learning and the Computer.. Focus on learning problems in mathematics. 11. 6 indexed citations
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Tall, David & F. R. Watson. (1987). Computing languages for the mathematics classroom. The Mathematical Gazette. 71(458). 275–285.
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Tall, David. (1984). The Mathematics Curriculum and the Micro.. Mathematics in school. 13(4). 7–9. 1 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (1982). The blancmange function: Continuous everywhere but differentiable nowhere. The Mathematical Gazette. 66(435). 11–22. 17 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (1982). The Blancmange Function Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere. The Mathematical Gazette. 66(435). 11–11. 3 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (1981). Intuitions of Infinity.. Mathematics in school. 10(3). 30–33. 12 indexed citations
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Tall, David. (1980). Looking at graphs through infinitesimal microscopes, windows and telescopes. The Mathematical Gazette. 64(427). 22–49. 34 indexed citations
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Stewart, Ian & David Tall. (1979). Calculations and Canonical Elements: Part I.. Mathematics in school. 8(4). 2–5. 1 indexed citations

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