25/04/2023
'Reasoning Ability
Suppose you have been asked to prepare a small presentation or project on crazy fashion trends by your teacher. Creating a proper database of such trends , collecting information will develop critical thinking skills in you. Don't believe me ? OK , let me put it this way If you are a critical thinker you may have had thought of the questions like why the particular trend that was so popular a few years back seems foolish now? why does a particular trend that does not even look good is so popular? Do the particular fashion trend that suits the other person suits yourself or not?
So many questions and reasoning out them is going to develop critical thinking skills.
Take another example , suppose you have been asked to prepare a small vacation plan for family outing by your parents. You need to take into account various things that includes travelling mode, hotels nearby that suits your pocket, destinations to be visited , planning budget, availability of hotels /trains / flight tickets, having a back up plan ready in case your parents don't agree what you have selected and what not.. Presenting the entire plan to your parents and justifying your selection is yet another critical task but it is smartest and most enjoyable way of developing your thinking skills.
Reasoning ability means the action of thinking about something in a logical ,sensible way.The reasoning is an essential life skill that makes us resolve our day to day issues. Improving reasoning skills can help you make good decisions , solve problems faster.
Although we may not notice we come across challenges on daiy basis which we overcome by our reasoning skills.While making any purchase decisions , taking good care of our health, when we are effectively managing the time , evaluating any information available in books/ internet we utilise our reasoning ability.
We all have basic instinct towards reasoning out. It will add value to us in many ways if we try and develop those skills further.
Logical thinking is not an inborn talent , but something you can learn and practice.
Practising these skills means simply learning to pay closer attention to details
There are few techniques to improve this skill. (Which includes some tips for parents as well as students)
1) One of the very interesting way to improve this skill is by playing games and reading mystery books. Solving puzzle games, Sudoku , word games , brain teasers chess stimulates brain to think, remember and make decision. Card games are also effective. Reading mystery novels create inquisitiveness in your mind and one tries to predict subsequent events.
2)Always think before you start doing anything . Creating strategy plays major role in the thinking process.
3)Debating is an effective way which stimulates your mind to think logically.Encourage your child to express his/her views and let them prepare concrete points before any debating topic.
4)Try to ask open ended questions. It is a great way to develop critical reasoning skills in children. Next time your child come across a problem make sure you have suitable why/ what and how for him / her to tackle.
5) Try to develop different perspective of the same story.
6)Focus on developing decision making skills. Asking the child to develop pros and cons of available options , applying concepts can help to develop thinking skills.
7)Avoid interventions in your child's work and let them handle things independently.
8) Give your child a hypothetical problem and ask him to find out a solution
9)Creativity is the key to acing reasoning skills. Let young minds invent their unique ways of presenting and explaining concepts.
10)Ask them to use mind mapping technique where visuals are used to analyse a solution.
Questioning , discussing, active learning and collaborating with experienced people are four important aspects of critical thinking.
Few books to develop the critical thinking skills :
A) How to Crack Test of Reasoning by Arihant Experts
B) A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal & Non-Verbal by B.S. Sijwali & Indu Sijwali
C) Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
D) Shortcuts in Reasoning (Verbal, Non-Verbal, Analytical & Critical) for Competitive Exams by Disha Experts
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