INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES: THE EFFECTS OF GENDER AND GRADE LEVEL

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2005-01-01

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Türkoğlu, Ayşe Yenilmez
Sungur, Semra
Öztekin, Ceren

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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

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http://www.efdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr/yonetim/icerik/makaleler/910-published.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/79955
https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TlRBME5qVTE

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Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Article

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A. Y. Türkoğlu, S. Sungur, and C. Öztekin, “INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES: THE EFFECTS OF GENDER AND GRADE LEVEL,” Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, pp. 219–225, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.efdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr/yonetim/icerik/makaleler/910-published.pdf.