Inductive Thinking

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Inductive Thinking

• Heather Carlton
• ETE 653

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An Inductive Scenario...

• What comes to your mind when you read the
  following scenario
• A woman goes to a mans house twice a week for 3
  hours.

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Inductive Thinking

• Moving from the specific to general
• Based on experiences or observations as opposed
  to laws or rules
• Premises of an argument are believed to support
  the conclusion but do not ensure it in every
  situation
• Allows to make connections and form ideas about
  things we encounter in daily life
• Part of the information processing family-org of
  data and application of principles
• We are always using inductive thinking
• Not to be confused with deductive

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Inductive Vs. Deductive
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Steps

• State the question
• Make observations or engage own experiences
• Hypothesize
• Test
• Analyze
• Draw conclusions or make generalizations

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Activity Time
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Strengths Weaknesses

• Strengths
• Develops problem solving skills
• Transfer of knowledge
• Use of critical thinking
• Student centered
• Practicing reasoning skills
• Promotes independent thinking
• Can be used with most ages and stages some may
  just have to practice more

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Strengths Weaknesses

• Weaknesses
• Not a valid way to obtain proof
• Generalizations may lead to stereotypes
• Thinking takes time

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Relationships

• Critical, Higher order thinking
• Direct Instruction
• Cause-Effect
• Metacognition
• MI
• Creativity
• Problem Posing
• Concept Development
• Creative Problem Solving

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References

• Joyce, B., Weil, M., Calhoun, E. (2004). Models
  of teaching. Boston Pearson Education, Inc.
• Neuber, A., Binko, J. (1992). Inductive
  reasoning in the secondary classroom. Classroom
  Teaching Guides (NEA Publication No. 3010-9-00,
  pp. 1-127). Washington, DC National Education
  Association.
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