Body needs to exercise is equivalent with the brain needs mathematics, study says

News24xx.com - Although considers as a difficult lesson, mathematics has a very interesting side to learn. Both in terms of diverse understanding and in terms of its application in everyday life. According to Prof. Dr. Fasli Jalal, there are many academic activists in several regions of Indonesia who have continued to create and innovate in terms of teaching. All that educators do is solely to make the impression of mathematics as an interesting and fun thing.

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The direction of literacy also needs to be studied to support and facilitate children to understand the various concepts that exist in mathematics. "Mathematics and literacy are like two blades that cannot be separated" said Fasli.

According to the Deputy Minister of National Education 2010 - 2011, in solving a problem of course the brain will also be required to think more critically and innovatively. So that from a variety of lessons, mathematics is the one that stimulates the brain to more often high order thinking skills, which is one of the causes of cells in the brain that will always work.

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"If the brain continues to be used it will be healthier, life expectancy will be longer. If you often think the synapses that live in the brain and bioelectric will flow to parts of the brain. This part of the brain will be more active. It works. This makes the brain become smarter and not easily senile" Fasli explained.

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