What is the Inductive Method of Teaching? The inductive teaching method presents the solutions/examples but does not explain the general rule (or formula for the solution). Learners are required to infer the general rules. An example from a math lecture I will explain it using the duality between deduction and induction because the deductive method…
Babies and children are the true masters of induction. There are many studies in physiology literature regarding the development of children. Most of these studies focus on children’s inductive reasoning as children are constantly learning new things. Children do not learn from textbooks; they learn by observing, trying, and failing. So, they learn by induction….
The strength of inductive reasoning is conditional on many parameters – one of which is the diversity of the observations. We will talk about the diversity principle/effect: More diverse evidence is stronger (in general) than less diverse evidence. Children tend to generalize substantially broadly. If a child has got a new hat, she might think,…
This course aims to explain inductive reasoning and its reflection on our daily life. However, induction is only one aspect of reasoning. We will discuss deductive reasoning in this article and compare it with induction. Definition: Deduction Let’s consult our holy source, Wikipedia. Or not? Because it has a terrible page for deductive reasoning. To…
This is the Introduction article for the “Science of Induction” course. I will talk about the definition of induction and emphasize in what parts of our inductive reasoning play a major role. Definition Let’s refer our “holy” source of information for the definition, Wikipedia: Inductive reasoning is a method of reasoning in which the premises…
