Teaching Logic Inferences

This is foamcore.

I found large sheets of foamcore at Wal-mart for under $5,  I sliced some  2″ strips, out of which I cut rectangles of varying sizes. All/No doesn’t need a big rectangle, but P/non-P does.

I also found magnet strips in the craft section.  They are backed with tape, and can be cut to make the teacher pieces.

All S is P.

Okay.  I’ll show you how I do the Contrapositive.

Do the Obverse: “pull down” the All to No…

…and the P to non-P.

This results.

Slapping these cards on the metallic whiteboard is very satisfying.

Now we switch S and non-P by Converse, and get this.

By Obverse again we get the final result.

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7 Responses to Teaching Logic Inferences

  1. Michelle's avatar Michelle says:

    Love it! Great for hands on kids!

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  2. Very cool! Simple and memorable!

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  3. Bethany Barnard's avatar Bethany Barnard says:

    Thank you Ruth. This is exactly what I was looking for.

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  4. Gayla's avatar Gayla says:

    What’s on the back of “is”?

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  5. Ian M's avatar Ian M says:

    I love how you used foamcore to create visual representations of logical statements.

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