Wallas - Polya - Hadamard and creativity

Abstract

Comparison of theories of G. Wallas and G. Polya with school practice Wallas: 1. Preparation (hard work on a problem). 2. Incubation (concious preparation is changed into unconscious mechanism of searching for the solution). 3. Illumination (an idea emerges into a conscious one). 4. Verification of the right idea.

Polya: 1. Understand the problem. 2. Devise a plan. 3. Carry out the plan. 4. Look back. Observation of the process of problem solving on some examples.