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Reasoning - Coggle Diagram
Reasoning
Development of Reasoning skills
Early Childhood students begin to develop reasoning skills.
Making Conclusions
Using Cause and Effect in a story/drawings
Rules
Following rules, procedures, class expectations
Patterns
Sorting colors, objects, shapes. Creating different patterns: square, circle, square
Think logically: to make sense of the world.
Solve Problems
Draw Conclusions
Make decisions
Types of Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Specific to general facts
Examples in an Early Childhood Classroom:
"All fruits are healthy"
Inductive Reasoning
General Facts to Specific
Examples in an Early childhood classroom:
"Every time I push the ball, it rolls. So, when I push the next ball, it will roll too."
How to reason in an Early Childhood Classroom
Problem Solving Games
Puzzles
Sorting objects
Color, shape, size
Cause and Effect Games
Creating a story with a cause and effect. Example: I studied for a test. I got an A.
Group activities to solve problems
Following rules
Make predictions
Through hands-on tasks