Assessment of Seventh Grade Students’ Capacity of Logical Thinking

Abstract

The objective of this research was to quantify the logical thinking capacity of seventh grade students in Tuban, East Java, Indonesia. This research was conducting using the quantitative descriptive method and 119 students in the seventh grade of secondary school in Tuban during the Academic Year 2016/2017. The data was collected by using Logical Thinking Test (LTT) which comprises of six different kind of reasonings; namely conservational reasoning, proportional reasoning, controlling variables, combinatorial reasoning, probabilistic reasoning, and correlational reasoning (source). Based on LTT, scores are categorized into three levels; concrete operational levels, transitional levels, and formal operational levels (source). The results of the research display that (88.21%) of the seventh grade are classified at the concrete operational level, (10.08%) at the transitional level, and (1.68%) at the formal operational level. After conducting this research, teachers are now able to design teaching tactics and have a better understanding of secondary school student's cognitive development and behavior.

Metacognition Profile of Vocational High School Students in Mathematics Problem Solving Based on Logical Thinking Skills

“…Three students were selected from the logical thinking ability test. Three students were selected who met different logical thinking stages: the abstract operation stage, the transition stage, and the concrete operation stage (Fadiana et al, 2019). The subject is selected based on good communication skills, with good communication skills.…”

“…Logical thinking skills are the most appropriate way to identify individual cognitive development levels between the concrete and formal operational stages (Fadiana et al, 2019). Logical thinking skills are also considered a characteristic in humans in general and are high-level cognitive skills (Fadiana et al, 2019).…”

“…Logical thinking skills are the most appropriate way to identify individual cognitive development levels between the concrete and formal operational stages (Fadiana et al, 2019). Logical thinking skills are also considered a characteristic in humans in general and are high-level cognitive skills (Fadiana et al, 2019). Three stages of individual cognitive development using logical thinking skills measures: the concrete stage, the transition stage, and the formal stage (Bitner, 1991;Bunce & Hutchinson, 1993;Fadiana et al, 2019).…”

“…Logical thinking skills are also considered a characteristic in humans in general and are high-level cognitive skills (Fadiana et al, 2019). Three stages of individual cognitive development using logical thinking skills measures: the concrete stage, the transition stage, and the formal stage (Bitner, 1991;Bunce & Hutchinson, 1993;Fadiana et al, 2019). In other words, the level of logical thinking ability provides us with information about individual cognitive development.…”

Pupils’ Summative Assessments in Mathematics as Dependent on Selected Factors

“…Logical thinking also helps the pupil to work with interactive multimedia which can improve skills for more advanced thinking (Hartini et al, 2017). In order to use the potential of logical thinking, efforts have been made to quantify it, such as described, for example, in Fadiana et al (2019). Cresswell and Speelmann (2019) focused on the effect of logical thinking to students' achievement in mathematics.…”