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Instruction of Mathematical Concepts through Analogical Reasoning Skills


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1 Department of Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Mathematics, The center for graduate studies, Payamenoor University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
 

For learning the mathematical concepts need to have special skills. Reasoning is skill that uses to teach and learn. These reasoning must have harmony to real life. Analogical reasoning is reasoning skill that made to better learning in mathematical context. In this research, analogical reasoning skills have been instructed on 20 students of first grade in girly high school and the results of the Leven and independent samples tests have shown that instruction through analogical reasoning improves the mathematical learning. Therefore it seems that instruction of mathematical concepts through analogical reasoning modify the misconceptions and difficult of mathematical problems for students.

Keywords

Mathematics, Analogical Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Instruction
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Authors

Somayeh Amir-Mofidi
Department of Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Parvaneh Amiripour
Department of Mathematics, The center for graduate studies, Payamenoor University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mohammad H. Bijan-Zadeh
Department of Mathematics, The center for graduate studies, Payamenoor University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


For learning the mathematical concepts need to have special skills. Reasoning is skill that uses to teach and learn. These reasoning must have harmony to real life. Analogical reasoning is reasoning skill that made to better learning in mathematical context. In this research, analogical reasoning skills have been instructed on 20 students of first grade in girly high school and the results of the Leven and independent samples tests have shown that instruction through analogical reasoning improves the mathematical learning. Therefore it seems that instruction of mathematical concepts through analogical reasoning modify the misconceptions and difficult of mathematical problems for students.

Keywords


Mathematics, Analogical Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Instruction

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2012%2Fv5i6%2F30485