Reasoning Concepts
Concepts that structure thinking
REASONING CONCEPTS are those words that give structure our thoughts and connect them with other thoughts in larger structures. They are words like cause, whole, same, different, some, all, reason, definition, conclusion, alternative, important and evidence. We need to understand their resourcefulness in order to compare, infer, rank, construct arguments and do all the other things distinctive of complex thinking and dialogue.
In this section we collect activities and ideas to help you develop your pupils' capacities to understand reasoning concepts and and the variety of ways they can be expressed and used in critical and creative thinking.
| Title | Category | Author | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Would you prefer ...? Another activity for the nursery questions board involving children in giving reasons for their preferences | Reasoning Concepts | Sara Stanley | 15/10/2008 - 14:01 |
| A nursery question board Introducing the philosophical skill of making a choice and giving a reason with children in nursery. | Reasoning Concepts | Sara Stanley | 08/10/2008 - 19:13 |
| Questions about the question A graphic organiser to help explore dimensions of a question | Reasoning Concepts | Will Ord | 14/08/2008 - 20:46 |
| Questions to consider about a question Ideas for developing children's powers of questioning | Reasoning Concepts | Will Ord | 14/08/2008 - 20:12 |
| Introducing Argument Tips for developing criteria for good arguing and good arguments | Reasoning Concepts | Will Ord | 14/08/2008 - 20:02 |
| Eight tips to develop questioning | Reasoning Concepts | Will Ord | 14/08/2008 - 19:53 |
| Strong and weak reasons An activity and resource using a 'diamond nine' | Reasoning Concepts | Will Ord | 13/08/2008 - 23:37 |
| Little concepts for big thinking On the importance of concepts for reasoning and connection-making | Reasoning Concepts | Steve Williams | 02/07/2008 - 17:07 |
| A short course in logic LogicWorks. A short course in logic for teachers and pupils to help with progression in thinking, writing and dialogue. | Reasoning Concepts | Roger Sutcliffe | 23/06/2008 - 14:27 |
| Claims and reasons An activity to encourage the giving of reasons to support claims | Reasoning Concepts | Steve Williams | 11/04/2008 - 16:14 |