Evolutionary Variations in Children's and Adolescents' Inductive Reasoning

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of inductive reasoning among children and adolescents aged (11, 13, 15, and 17), as well as the significance of differences in inductive reasoning by gender and age. The study included male and female students from (4) primary schools, (4) middle schools, and (4) preparatory schools, at a rate of 10% from each region according to the geographical division. The sample size for each age group was (400) students and (100) male and female students, and the study employed the inductive reasoning scale following Spearman's theory (1926),(1962). The study discovered that all sample members have a higher level of inductive reasoning than the theoretical average and that their average scores follow an evolutionary route across their four age groups. The findings indicate that there are statistically significant differences in the extent to which individuals think across age groups. As a result, the findings imply that gender differences between children and teenagers are not statistically significant