Resources for Reasoning
Before we teach reasoning we must confront some deeply-entrenched counter-productive human behaviours. An important one of these is 'confirmation bias', a failing which prevents us from applying logical analysis. Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence in support of our beliefs,...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
Mathematical Association of Victoria
2017
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81564 |
| _version_ | 1848764388700323840 |
|---|---|
| author | Brown, Paul |
| author_facet | Brown, Paul |
| author_sort | Brown, Paul |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Before we teach reasoning we must confront some deeply-entrenched counter-productive human behaviours. An important one of these is 'confirmation bias', a failing which prevents us from applying logical analysis. Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence in support of our beliefs, neglecting counter-examples which might cause us to re-think. Only when our students realise that psychological obstacles can be overcome will our efforts with reasoning prove fruitful. This essay presents some approaches which may assist students to address biases and apply insightful thinking. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:18:34Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-81564 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:18:34Z |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | Mathematical Association of Victoria |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-815642021-05-17T08:15:26Z Resources for Reasoning Brown, Paul Before we teach reasoning we must confront some deeply-entrenched counter-productive human behaviours. An important one of these is 'confirmation bias', a failing which prevents us from applying logical analysis. Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence in support of our beliefs, neglecting counter-examples which might cause us to re-think. Only when our students realise that psychological obstacles can be overcome will our efforts with reasoning prove fruitful. This essay presents some approaches which may assist students to address biases and apply insightful thinking. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81564 Mathematical Association of Victoria fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Brown, Paul Resources for Reasoning |
| title | Resources for Reasoning |
| title_full | Resources for Reasoning |
| title_fullStr | Resources for Reasoning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resources for Reasoning |
| title_short | Resources for Reasoning |
| title_sort | resources for reasoning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81564 |