Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Distinguishing Between Inductive and Deductive Reasoning (English III Reading)
Is Sherlock Holmes an inductivist or a deductivist? Users of this interactive to distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning. They consider in various situations whether it is better to list evidence and then introduce a claim...
K20 LEARN
Simply Elementary, Watson!
Explore the process of inductive and deductive reasoning. A collaborative lesson plan has some groups apply an inductive approach and others a deductive approach. Through class discussion, scholars compare their processes and discuss...
Flipped Math
Reasoning and Proof
Make sure the conditions are right. Pupils watch a video introducing conditional statements and their related statements. Learners find out how to identify the hypothesis and conclusion as well as write the converse, inverse, and...
Flipped Math
Unit 2 Review: Reasoning and Proofs
The proof is in the review. Individuals watch a short review of the content from the unit to prepare for the unit exam. The review covers inductive reasoning, conditional and related statements, and two-column algebraic and geometric...
CK-12 Foundation
Inductive Reasoning from Patterns: Greeting with Handshakes
Greet this resource like an old friend. An interactive has users investigate the number of handshakes required for a group to greet each member. A set of challenge questions ensures that learners have a solid understanding of the...
Noyce Foundation
The Shape of Things
Investigate the attributes of polygons. A thorough set of lessons presents problem scenarios for elementary through high school classes. The first lessons focus on basic characteristics of polygons, including the line of symmetry. As the...
Virginia Department of Education
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Introduce pupils to the two types of reasoning, inductive and deductive. Classmates work in pairs or small groups to learn the difference between the two and apply these reasonings to develop valid conclusions.
Curated OER
House and Holmes: A Guide to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Test your pupils' reasoning skills with several activities and a quick mystery to solve. Learners watch and analyze a few video clips that demonstrate reasoning in action, practice deduction with an interactive and collaborative...
Curated OER
Treasure Island XXVIII: Operations of Intelligent Behavior
Are you reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in your class? Provide your class with this reading guide for chapter 28. Readers respond to 10 questions, and there's a page dedicated to explaining the purpose and directions to...
Curated OER
Thinking About Hate
This lesson starts out with a guided discussion about the statement "Birds fly in the sky; airplanes fly in the sky; therefore, airplanes are birds" and goes on to cover logical fallacies and reliable sources, relating these to the topic...
Curated OER
Organizational Strategies for First Year Composition Writers
Identify and analyze deductive reasoning through genuine texts. Compare cultural practices and beliefs about national ID cards. Look for another example of a deductive argument and prepare a brief paragraph analyzing the audience,...
Curated OER
The Right Stuff
Studentsare introduced to the Pythagorean Theorem by exploring right triangles and the squares built on each side. They apply the Pythagorean Theorem to real-world problems. Students u se informal and nonformal arguments of proof (i.e.,...
Curated OER
Count on Me
Fourth graders use inductive reasoning to find algebraic patterns in geometric figures. They use technology (i.e., calculators, computers) and manipulatives to discover number patterns involving geometric concepts. They solve concrete...
Curated OER
Proof by Induction
In this induction instructional activity, students read word problems. They determine the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning. Students solve the given problem through inductive reasoning. This one-page instructional...
Curated OER
Problem-Solving Methods in Biology
In this problem-solving instructional activity, students will read a biologist's observations about elephant communication. Students will write down what the biologist observed, what facts she knew about elephants, and her hypothesis....
Curated OER
Inductive Reasoning
In this science learning exercise, learners read two example problems that include a problem, observation, and conclusion. Students also answer 2 questions using inductive reasoning.
Curated OER
Inductive Reasoning and Conjecturing
In this inductive reasoning and conjecturing worksheet, 10th graders solve 4 problems that include applying inductive reasoning and conjecturing to each problem. First, they determine if each conjecture is true or false based on the...
Curated OER
Inductive Reasoning and Conjecturing
In this inductive reasoning and conjecturing worksheet, 10th graders solve 8 different problems that are related to using inductive reasoning and conjecturing. First, they determine if the conjecture is true or false based on the given...
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PBS
Pbs Mathline: What's Your Angle? Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Use an angle wheel to make estimates of the measures of various angles. Printable activity.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Inductive Reasoning to Formulate Conjectures
Students will practice identifying the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of conditional statements.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Distinguishing Between Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
This lesson focuses on distinguishing between inductive and deductive reasoning. Sometimes it's difficult to separate these two types of reasoning because we often use them together; drawing conclusions in inductive reasoning is likely...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Back to School Teachers Guides
We've assembled a collection of teacher resources that will help share ideas on how you can integrate PBS Kids content with your students.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Mathematical Induction
A comprehensive guide for learning all about mathematical induction with definitions, how to prove this formula, solved examples, and practice questions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Missing City
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine maps of a crime spree in order to figure out if any locations have been unreported. The lesson is not math-intensive and instead forces students to use...