Abstract
The present study is a survey in nature to find out reasoning ability among higher secondary students in Madurai District. The investigator in order to find out reasoning ability among higher secondary students developed and validated a tool for the study. The tool is of a multiple choice type consisting of 50 items. The investigator selected a stratified random sample of 303 higher secondary students for the study. Data were collected from the sample. The data were given appropriate statistical treatments. The findings revealed that among higher secondary students 61.38 % of them are poor in reasoning ability, 21.45 % of them are average in reasoning ability, 16.5% of students are very poor in reasoning ability and only 0.66 % of students are good in reasoning ability. There exists a positive correlation between mathematical achievement and reasoning ability. There is no significant difference in reasoning ability among higher secondary students in terms of gender. It can be interpreted that both male and female students are uniform in reasoning ability.
Highlights
What is reasoning?Reasoning is what we do when we take information that we are given, compare it to what we already know, and come up with a conclusion
3) There is no significant difference in reasoning ability among higher secondary students in terms of gender
No one is in the very good level in reasoning ability out of 303 students in the sample selected for the study. It may be concluded from the above table 61.38 % of higher secondary students are Poor in reasoning ability. 21.45 % of students are Average in reasoning ability. 16.5% of students are Very Poor in reasoning ability. 0.66 % of students are good in reasoning ability
Summary
Reasoning is what we do when we take information that we are given, compare it to what we already know, and come up with a conclusion. The following equation helps us to understand how it all works: Given Information + Knowledge = Reasoned Conclusion. Say you get invited to a family function, but you have an important school assignment to finish This requires reasoning, since you must consider the two choices, trying to balance family with schooling. Your friends may ask you to do something that you know you probably shouldn't do, such as smoking or drinking In this case, you must reason between the harmful effects and the moral choice vs pleasing your friends and having 'fun', as they may call it!. Because the non-verbal reasoning questions are believed to be the best indicators of general intelligence
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