Mathematical logical reasoning in seventh grade students of school “Manuela Cañizares” cantón Salinas 2014-2015.

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the level of knowledge in the classroom and application of cognitive skills in the social context on the understanding of mathematics, students (as) the seventh grade Basic Education School Fiscal Mixta “Manuela Canizares “Santa Rosa parish, canton Salinas, Santa Elena; the results found for the development of mathematical logic thinking in the process of teaching and learning is based on the application of an evaluation and survey, which allowed assessing the level of logical mathematical reasoning and difficulties in students, based theory proposed by Jean Piaget and Disclaimers approach presented by the development of cognitive skills. The most significant aspects that comprise this research are: numeric, spatial, metric, random thoughts and money management, as these are directly related to psychology, grammar, mathematics, theory of knowledge and epistemology, for its rigor, accuracy, robustness, and universal systematization. The study is descriptive qualitative and quantitative, developed with an ex post facto design, and direct observation of classroom activities for students and teachers. As research results it can be stated that the data were limited teacher preparation in the application of cognitive skills in the teaching of mathematics, has caused students to have a low level of mathematical logic reasoning.