The Art of Developing the Mind

When taught right math builds the mind in the way that lifting weights builds the muscles, but not all methods of teaching math do this equally. Three things cause cognitive skills to develop: age, exposure and incentive. If a student is only given problems at his current ability level, what incentive does the mind have to improve? Just as lifting a half pound weight will not make a person physically stronger, doing an easy math problem will not makes a person mentally stronger. Back to the book equation for excellence. Chapter four incentive and struggle the art of developing the mind.