Anna Zofia Krygowska (1904–1988) was a Polish mathematician, known for her work in mathematics education.. Krygowska was born in

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, at that time the capital of Austrian Poland, on 19 September 1904. She grew up in

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, and attended the

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, where she graduated in mathematics in 1927. From 1927 to 1950 she was a primary and secondary school mathematics teacher in Poland, including a time spent underground during World War II. In 1950 she earned a doctorate from the Jagiellonian University, under the supervision of

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, and joined the faculty of the

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. In 1958 she was promoted to head of the newly formed Department of Didactics of Mathematics. She retired in 1974. Krygowska was an active participant in national and international groups concerning the teaching of mathematics. In 1956 she was part of the Polish delegation to the

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conference of ministers of public education, and organized two conferences of the International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching (CIEAEM), in 1960 and 1971; she became president of CIEAEM in 1970, and honorary president in 1974. She also spoke on mathematics education at the

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in 1966 and 1970.Giacardi, Livia (March 2008), The First Century of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (1908–2008), ICMI
1960–1966
an
1967–1971
accessed 2015-06-08. She died on 16 May 1988.

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