Critical thinking and Logical reasoning - Workbook 4 - Couverture souple

Ranga Raghuram

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0981998372 ISBN 13 : 9780981998374

Editeur : Gift Of Logic, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

GIFT OF LOGIC ^TM :Critical Thinking & Logical Reasoning Series is a set of twelve books (11 workbooks and 1 Primer) written with the goal of establishing a basic standard in thinking and reasoning for readers of all ages.

These workbooks will help the readers develop cognitive skills in three areas - Verbal, Analytical and Pictorial. Verbal reasoning helps you to think, read, write and speak clearly and convincingly. Analytical reasoning helps you to be resourceful and strategic. Pictorial reasoning helps you to be visually perceptive and alert.

Each workbook has three sections, Verbal, Analytical and Pictorial. Several topics in these three areas are gradually introduced in these books to help you develop cognitive skills. Some topics are repeated across books in order to provide sufficient drill in that topic.

Critical Thinking & Logical Reasoning Series :Benefit Summary:

School Students: Boost your scores in high school entrance exams, Gifted and Talented exams, CogAT, IQ, SAT, ACT etc. By gaining proficiency in Critical thinking & Logical reasoning skills gained from these books, you will be able to increase your confidence level by a notch and perform well in any type of exam.

College/University Students: Develop raw intelligence and improve your performance in your chosen major. Fire yourself up to be verbally clear, analytically resourceful and visually alert. Gain advantage by automatically preparing for tests such as LSAT (Law), MCAT (Medical), PCAT (Pharmacy), GRE (Engineering), GMAT(Management) etc.

Working professionals: Shape your reading, writing, speaking and thinking abilities with the help of these books. Enhance your on-the-job performance. Boost your confidence in job interviews.

Housewives/Retired: Maintaining your thinking and reasoning abilities as you get older. Use the exercises in these books as a standard to test yourself against. Communicate clearly, be resourceful and maintain visual alertness.

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Workbook-4 covers the following topics:

The Verbal Reasoning section introduces variations of conditional statements such as Contradictory, Inverse, Converse and Contrapositive statements. Inferencing exercises (must be true and cannot be true) using conditional statements are the main feature of this section. Representing these statements using symbols and inferencing using symbols are also covered. Other excercises to reinforce your reasoning skills include word and sentence analogies and agree/disagree exercises.

The Analytic Reasoning section challenges your brain by means of problems involving List Processing, Sequencing, Scheduling, Venn Diagrams, Grouping, Graph Logic, Number Logic, Letter Logic and 9*9 Sudokus. Also included are problems involving looping, FIFO, LIFO and Correlation.

The Pictorial Reasoning section reinforces your perception skills using exercises such as Picture Sequence, Odd Picture , Picture Analogy, Pictre Difference, Pattern Matching.

Answers are provided at the end of each book.

Recommended for: Ages 9 and Up.

Further reading: After reading this book, proceed to do the exercises in Workbook-5.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Prior to writing this series, Ranga Raghuram has authored and reviewed several books in Computer programming. He wrote the Gift Of Logic TM- Critical thinking and Logical reasoning Series with the goal of establishing a basic standard in thinking and reasoning abilities for readers of all ages and to create a comprehensive resource kit on this subject. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering degrees from BITS, Pilani, India and a Master's degree from Virigina Tech, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gift Of Logic, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0981998372
• ISBN 13: 9780981998374
• Reliure: Perfect Paperback
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 151
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible