An Investigation Into The Reasoning Skills Literacy Of Junior Secondary School Students

This paper mainly investigates the logical reasoning ability of junior middle school students,focusing on the comparison of variables such as school type,grade and gender;A junior high school in Beijing and a junior high school in Jiangxi Province were selected to conduct an investigation and study on logical reasoning literacy.A total of 288 valid questionnaires were obtained,and the influence of gender on logical reasoning ability was studied.Through data analysis of various dimensions and comparison of various aspects,the disadvantages of logical reasoning teaching and the places that can be adopted by each other were found out,which could help students or teachers develop logical reasoning ability.The results of the inquiry are as follows:(1)The overall level of junior middle school students’ logical reasoning is above average,and the developed areas are slightly higher than the underdeveloped areas;(2)The level of logical reasoning presents a normal distribution;(3)Students’ deductive reasoning is better than sensible reasoning,and inductive reasoning under sensible reasoning is the weakest,while simple reasoning is the highest under deductive reasoning;(4)No significant gender differences in reasoning were found.And the level of the different dimensions.