Venues for Analytical Reasoning Problems: How Children Produce Deductive Reasoning

Autor/inn/en	Carreira, Susana; Amado, Nélia; Jacinto, Hélia
Titel	Venues for Analytical Reasoning Problems: How Children Produce Deductive Reasoning
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020), Artikel 169 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Carreira, Susana) ORCID (Amado, Nélia) ORCID (Jacinto, Hélia)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Logical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Problem Solving; Mathematical Logic; Competition; Grade 5; Grade 6; Word Problems (Mathematics); Foreign Countries; Internet; Teaching Methods; Mathematics Instruction; Middle School Students; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Problemlösen; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Wettkampf; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Textaufgabe; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	The research on deductive reasoning in mathematics education has been predominantly associated with the study of proof; consequently, there is a lack of studies on logical reasoning per se, especially with young children. Analytical reasoning problems are adequate tasks to engage the solver in deductive reasoning, as they require rule checking and option elimination, for which chains of inferences based on premises and rules are accomplished. Focusing on the solutions of children aged 10-12 to an analytical reasoning problem proposed in two separate settings--a web-based problem-solving competition and mathematics classes--this study aims to find out what forms of deductive reasoning they undertake and how they express that reasoning. This was done through a qualitative content analysis encompassing 384 solutions by children participating in a beyond-school competition and 102 solutions given by students in their mathematics classes. The results showed that four different types of deductive reasoning models were produced in the two venues. Moreover, several representational resources were found in the children's solutions. Overall, it may be concluded that moderately complex analytical reasoning tasks can be taken into regular mathematics classes to support and nurture young children's diverse deductive reasoning models. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01