Can intelligence be visualised as "Brain Settings" which are open to intervention and re-setting.

• With our knowledge of Artificial Intelligence we can understand what "settings" refers to. It is the master configuration that underpins all Apps or functions or operations in a digital device.

•  Settings are changed and selected by the user. 

• Settings can be changed so that a device works according to the user's intentions.
  
  A child's brain can be described as having established a particular setting when a child forms patterns of thinking that operate consistently.
  
  This can also be described as the child's habits of mind. 

• It affects the manner in which the child does all of the thinking and learning  such as gathering information from the 5 senses, interpreting those information signals, processing them and responding to the desired outcome for the purpose of survival and growth.

• They become a child's thinking behaviours and habits that they constantly rely on to solve new challenges
  
  These habits, or settings, if formed well can be beneficial to the child intellectual pursuits, but if developed poorly can cause limitations.

• And since the brain keeps strengthening these patterns or settings for future use, they keep confirming the pathways. The inefficient thinking persists.
  
  We can, therefore summarise, that the degree to which a child applies their thinking skills depends on his or her "personal thinking settings" OR the gears available in their mental operations.
  
  The child consistently applies these thinking settings to react to stimulus, process the received information, and respond to solutions accordingly. These settings affect the child's perception of the world.
  
  Take for example, books do not think, nor do classrooms or any other environment or objects of learning. None of these would make any difference to a child's learning if their personal thinking settings are compromised.

SETTINGS CAN BE CHANGED

When thinking is seen as brain settings then it also implies that these settings can be changed and improved. The child's learning habits, attitude and patterns of behaviour and their ability to change and adapt can be taught, coached, trained, and re-set.

LET US FURTHER EXPLORE INTELLIGENCE AS APPS IN THE BRAIN OR MENTAL OPERATIONS 

Like in any machinery, "operations" implies a need to action or apply. Without operation a machine would remain in its dormant state.

Thinking skills are like mental operations in the brain.

Different modes of thinking such as comparing, analysing, synthesising etc can be seen as gears that need to be applied for the right function or operation. This can be further seen as existing in degrees of complexity making thinking operations work in degrees; from poor to excellent qualities. 

Whether it is problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, understanding, judging, evaluating or any other cognitive demand, the setting of these MENTAL OPERATIONS determines a child's success or failure.

Without sufficient development and effective functioning of these mental operations, learning would be difficult, if not impossible, or performance compromised.