Science Struck
Science Struck: Examples of Deductive Reasoning
Learn what deductive reasoning is and look at examples of how to apply it.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals on the Number Line
n this interactive, students use logic to solve three riddles involving a frog jumping contest and then place the contestants' jumps at the correct points on the number line.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Part of a University of Toronto website, this page defines and describes deductive and inductive reasoning in solving mathematical problems.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Question Corner: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
A simple discussion of the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning. Helpful to anyone who is having difficulty differentiating between the two.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Identify an Entailment Learn More
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides information about how to "identify an entailment that follows logically from given statements" in the "Logical Reasoning" section.
Math Aids
Math Aids: Logic Worksheets
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to logic. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Sale!
Seventh graders are using proportional reasoning to solve real world problems in this lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Art Class, Assessment Variation
Seventh graders knowledge of proportional relationships is assessed in this lesson using the mixtures of paint.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Dueling Candidates
Seventh graders use proportional reasoning to solve word problems regarding an election.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp and 7.g Sand Under the Swing Set
In this lesson plan, 7th graders determine the amount of sand needed to cover a particular area using proportional relationships.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Buying Bananas, Assessment Version
In this lesson, 7th graders determine the proporitonal relationship between bananas and the cost.
Other
Responsible Thinking: Analyzing Arguments and Evidence
Contains many points to consider when analyzing someone's arguments and evidence, such as the hidden assumptions, cultural assumptions, and testability. Each is explained in a short paragraph with a link to additional discussions on...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Gettysburg Address" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." Details that show logos are blue while ethos are red and pathos are green. Click on any word to see the percentage...
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. The lesson includes two...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How to Choose Credible Sources
This tutorial focuses on choosing credible sources for a research project. It offers two versions of a slideshow: a non-audio slideshow and an audio slideshow which explains the information as it is shown. They each define terms, offer...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details Explained
This slideshow focuses on supporting details; it discusses their purpose, the audience, and the point to be made. It lists the five most common types of supporting details: facts, statistics, opinions, examples, and personal observations...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Strengthen and Weaken Quick Guide
A quick guide to approaching test questions that ask you to identify info that would strengthen or weaken an argument.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Catalog of Question Types
This resource from Khan Academy provides a catalog of question types on the LSAT.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Match Principles Quick Guide
These types of questions are very similar to match structure questions, in that the stimulus is made up of an argument or situation, and each choice represents an argument or situation. Your job is to find the choice that exhibits the...