The Influence Of Grayson's Cognitive Performance

Grayson has now just finished the fifth grade and will now be going into sixth grade. Grayson’s cognitive performance on his math skills helps his memory from prior math classes, help him with his math classes now. Grayson’s favorite subject in school is math so his positive mood towards his math classes have helped him succeed even more in the classroom in that subject. Grayson now can memorize numbers easier than he could when he was a younger child because, “rehearsal of information is important; older children rehearse the digits more than younger children do.” (Santrock 219) Also when it comes to math, Grayson is very good at problem solving. Grayson is good at figuring out advanced math problems and when Grayson gets stuck, he uses his
Since he is so good at math, Gardner would say that Grayson has mathematical intelligence according this his eight types of intelligence. (Santrock 293) Grayson is a grade above his own in his math intelligence and practices at a 6th grade math level. One’s intelligence is greatly affected by their environment, and one example of an environmental influence is a child’s parents. (Santrock 294) One way that I help Grayson to be better at school and to work on his homework is I do the homework with him. At home outside of school, I help Grayson with his reading and writing by practicing spelling with him and by reading out loud with him. The two subjects I encourage to have Grayson study on his own (because he is good at them by himself) is math and science. With me just encouraging Grayson to work on his science and math homework, it helps him get it done and also helps him learn more, which therefore increases his
Grayson felt as though it was his fault for the divorce. Because he thought it was his fault, he would take out his anger on his dad and me. “During the early childhood years, emotions such as pride and guilt become more common.” (Santrock 240) Grayson was at an age that he understood the emotion of guilt and thought that something that was between his father and I was because of something he did. When I found this out I made sure to tell Grayson that the spilt was not because of him or his sister, and was because of problems his dad and I were having. After the divorce, I had to move to a new community where Grayson had to switch schools and get a new teacher. Grayson surprisingly took this very well. Grayson adjusted very well and did not have a bad attitude or bad behavior because of the move. Grayson told me that he liked his new teacher, and actually started showing better behavior at school such as paying attention and following the rules when he was asked to. Grayson is now sharing with friends at school and is way more outgoing, which helps him make many more