I’m not sure if I have trigged an insecurity or what. Maybe your extensive physiological experience can determine that.
But let me try to clear this up for you. There is a lot of research that concludes that intelligence is the only factor that explains proficiency in algebra. That is not a statement of correlation. I never implied that intelligent people are all good at math, or that there aren’t different aptitudes regardless of IQ. Show me someone with a 70 IQ who can do algebra.
This study discusses whether memory or intelligence is more a determining factor in math success, analyzing models that tried to control on whether memory was simply contributing to higher intelligence or was itself causal. But any way you look at it, intelligence is required for mathematic proficiency. You can’t be an idiot and do algebra. But you can be smart and also not do algebra, and that is okay.
http://www.psychologie-aktuell.com/fileadmin/download/PschologyScience/4-2009/psq_4_2009_403-419.pdf
No. No triggers.
Will give you benefit of doubt that spell check devil put in physiological.
Read study. Please do not recommend such stuff to bolster your position.
Study small.150 to 250 kids in 3 studies. Confusing about total. Done in Singapore. Result inconclusive.
People with normal IQ and good working memory tend to do good at math in the learning and quick testing situations.
People with normal IQs and not so good working memory have to rely more on memorization which takes longer. However, those people will retain and be able to recall better than those with great working memory. They put it in long term memory bank. That study was not spread over a log enough time to compare the 2 kinds of learners.
Sounds like you do not have education or pscyhology background which is o.k., but be careful making snarky remarks about others. It is hurtful to some here who may not be so agile at math in the classrom/ testing situation.
Lots of learning styles and bouquets of attributes in all God’s children.
And kids with low IQS can be good at algebra and even higher math.