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The link between deductive reasoning and mathematics

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Author	O'mahoney, Eileen Morsanyi, Kinga McCormack, Teresa
Copyright Year	2017
Description	Recent studies have shown that deductive reasoning skills (including transitive and conditional inferences) are related to mathematical abilities. Nevertheless, so far the links between mathematical abilities and these two forms of deductive inference have not been investigated in a single study. It is also unclear whether these inference forms are related to both basic maths skills and mathematical reasoning, and whether these relationships still hold if the effects of fluid intelligence are controlled. We conducted a study with 87 adult participants. The results showed that transitive reasoning skills were related to performance on a number line task, and conditional inferences were related to arithmetic skills. Additionally, both types of deductive inference were related to mathematical reasoning skills, although transitive and conditional reasoning ability were unrelated. Our results also highlighted the important role that ordering abilities play in mathematical reasoning, extending findings regarding the role of ordering abilities in basic maths skills. These results have implications for the theories of mathematical and deductive reasoning, and they could inspire the development of novel educational interventions.
Related Links	https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/139975352/Morsanyi_et_al._Thinking_and_Reasoning_2018.pdf
Ending Page	257
Page Count	24
Starting Page	234
ISSN	13546783
e-ISSN	14640708
DOI	10.1080/13546783.2017.1384760
Journal	Thinking & Reasoning
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	24
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2018-04-03
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Thinking & Reasoning Educational Psychology Arithmetic Skills Conditional Reasoning Number Line Task Order Processing Transitive Inference
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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