1) Definitions:
A. What’s
Logical-Mathematics intelligence?
To start the definition of Logical Mathematics
Intelligence, first, we have to know some previous information to understand
better all we are going to work on. This is why we are going to ask our self
some questions.
•What is
intelligence?
Intelligence is the ability to understand, reasoning,
assimilate, plan, think abstractly, learn quickly and solve problems. The
Dictionary: Spanish Royal Academy, defines intelligence, among other meanings,
as the "ability to understand or comprehend" and as "capacity of
solving problems". But intelligence seems to be linked to other mental
functions as perception or ability to receive information or memorize.
•How many types
of intelligences exist?
There are 9 different intelligences known:
1.
Linguistic Intelligence
2.
Musical Intelligence
3.
Spatial Intelligence
4.
Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence
5.
Interpersonal Intelligence
6.
Intrapersonal Intelligence
7.
Emotional Intelligence
8.
Naturalistic Intelligence
9.
Logical-Mathematics Intelligence
•What factors
are needed to have these intelligences?
The development of those intelligences depends on
different factors on children’s life:
a)
Hereditary factors.
b)
Environmental factors such as education, motivation or healthy habits.
c)
Other factors like a bigger amount of knowledge neurons.
•On how many
parts is divided the brain? All parts have the same intellectual abilities?
The brain is divided in two different parts or
hemispheres, and those of these parts have different functions and have
different abilities:
-Left hemisphere: it works with the logic, with analysis and sequential
thoughts. -Right
hemisphere: it’s very creative. It works
with music, paintings, art... It has a global view.
Taking all this as a base, we are going to focus on the last one
intelligence.
First of all, we are going to define logic and then
mathematics for trying to make a simple definition of what we call
Logical-Mathematics Intelligence:
-Logic is a formal science which studies the valid reasoning
and demonstration.
It examines general forms that arguments may take;
which forms are valid, and which are invalid.
-Mathematics studies the valid inferences
within some formal language and doing an individual division of the contents.
*Reasoning is the
capacity that human beings have to make sense of things, to establish and
verify facts, and to change or justify practices, institutions, and beliefs.
*One inference is the deduction of a thing, a conclusion
or a demonstration.
So ... Logical
Mathematical Intelligence is:
-The ability to use logic, reason and mathematics to
solve problems.
-The ability to apply principles of cause-and-effect
and predict possible answers.
-The appreciation of patterns as well as different
mathematical contents.
2) Piaget's
Stages of Cognitive and L.M. Development:
Stage
|
Age
|
Characteristics of Stage
|
Sensorimotor
|
0–2
|
The child learns by doing:
looking, touching and sucking. The child also has a primitive understanding
of cause-and-effect relationships; this is called practical intelligence.
Object permanence appears around 9 months. They only think on immediate present.
|
Preoperational
|
2–7
|
The child uses language and
symbols, including letters and numbers. Egocentrism is also evident.
|
Concrete Operations
|
7–11
|
The child demonstrates
conservation, reversibility, serial ordering, and a mature understanding of cause-and-effect
relationships. Thinking at this stage is still concrete.
|
Formal Operations
|
+12
|
The individual demonstrates
abstract thinking, including logic, deductive reasoning, comparison, and
classification.
|
On Sensorimotor and Preoperational
periods children are able to:
-Discover and play with objects
-Explore and establish relations between objects and people.
-Making classifications and groups of things taking into account their
property.
-Deducting, taking conclusions and making general views, through chance.
·All this actions start at a very young age and from here, children can form
new ways of thinking which are called: operative logic relations.
3) Piaget’s
Research is divided in 3 different knowledge developments:
1. Physical
2. Logical-Mathematical; also is divided in:
a. Classification
b. Series
c. Numbers
3. Social
4) Human's
Brain:
