How to Learn Aspect of Mathematics

Do you remember since when you are able to calculate? You don’t remember? When or where did you start to know number? When did you start to understand about distance? Near? Far? Don’t remember again? How about fraction? We are understand but don’t remember where or since when, that what we called intuition.

Learning mathematics is using definition, inside the definition there are intuition. Intuition is very important, in order to empower it we need to have many experiences, directly or undirectly. Direct experiences are our own experiences but we can get undirect experiences from another person’s story. Because of intuition emerges from experience, we have to searching for good experiences. We must not ignore the intuition because intuition dominates our life.

From time to time we have many experiences of aspect of mathematics. Then we can identify, sistematically the difference of aspect of mathematics is in application. We have to know about the concept and implement in learning mathematics. When we were young learner in learning mathematics, everything use definition. Now, in university we have adifferent approach, first is definition, then theorem, and also example. Just like a volcano, the young learners are in the valley and they learn concret mathematics. In the peak there are the learner that learn abstract mathematics, formal mathematics, axiomatic mathematics, deductive mathematics, or we can say all of that university mathematics.

We need to learn, learn, learn and so that we get many experiences that will empower our intuition. We will be conscious on our learning to empower our intuition. I know that being conscious on our learning is not easy, but let us be perceive that learnimg is need, our necessity. That is pshycology of learning that will emerge the following constructive implication. Let us get spirit to learn and empower our intuition.