What Does it Take to Make a Mathematical Mind?
• Number Sense
• Numerical Ability
• Algorithmic Ability
• Ability to Handle Abstraction
• A Sense of Cause and Effect
• Ability to Construct and Follow a Causal Chain of Facts
or Events
• Logical Reasoning Ability Relational Reasoning Ability
• Spatial Reasoning Ability
Devlin, K. (2000). The Math Gene: How Mathematical
Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers are Like Gossip. Basic Books. P.10-12.
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