Logical- mathematical

Dec 2nd, 2013
     Welcome to the last month of the year.  This post is going to start looking at the form of intelligence that everyone tends to see as an indication that the person is really really smart - logical-mathematical intelligence.  I would love to know why people think that the person who is really good in maths and sciences is any smarter then two of my daughters who are gifted in art.  They can draw circles around me when it comes to visual arts - I just have no intelligence in that area.
     This intelligence allows the individual to have the ability to recognize patterns with abstract symbols, and to see the relationships.  They also find solving problems easier then other people do.  They are often are able to see a solution before actually working our the problem.
      This can cause them problems in school, because they need to show all the steps in math, to get the marks and to develop good habits; but they don't understand why they should because they got the right answer, so why do all the work.  Does this sound familiar, trust me I have heard it a million times from students, why should they show all the steps.  I give them two reasons - the marks and to develop good habits.  I have even shown them math problems from higher grades to show them how those boring steps really needed.  I also try to explain that they decrease the chances of mistakes if they write down all the steps.
    Unfortunately for a lot of students, people whose logical mathematical is strong, tend to be seen as being very smart, simply because standardized test tend to focus on math skills.
     On my next post I will talk about various ways you can help you very logical student use their skills to be better in other areas of they school life.