http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/06/06/expandable-intelligence-the-effort-effect-and-learning-how-to-be-organized/ The Hub for All Things GTD Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/06/06/expandable-intelligence-the-effort-effect-and-learning-how-to-be-organized/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Pam Gill Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:39:03 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/06/06/expandable-intelligence-the-effort-effect-and-learning-how-to-be-organized/#comment-343 I am tutoring a 13 year old in math, and between the general information that "girls" don't do so well in math and the reality that she is getting really bad grades in math, it is so important for both of us to know that she can get the math and do fine, which is what I know and I think she is just beginning to get it too. She sees that you can go back and prove whether or not your solution to a problem is correct, and that makes a big difference in trusting yourself to proceed further, thus increasing your intelligence on the subject. I am tutoring a 13 year old in math, and between the general information that “girls” don’t do so well in math and the reality that she is getting really bad grades in math, it is so important for both of us to know that she can get the math and do fine, which is what I know and I think she is just beginning to get it too. She sees that you can go back and prove whether or not your solution to a problem is correct, and that makes a big difference in trusting yourself to proceed further, thus increasing your intelligence on the subject.

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