INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES: THE EFFECTS OF GENDER AND GRADE LEVEL
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi , cilt.28, ss.219-225, 2005 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 28
- Basım Tarihi: 2005
- Dergi Adı: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.219-225
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of gender and grade level on students’ logical thinking
abilities. A total of 174 sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students participated in the study. Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT)
was administered to determine students’ reasoning abilities. A two-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was
conducted to determine the effect of grade level and gender on five reasoning modes. Results revealed a statistically
significant effect of grade level and gender on reasoning ability