Abstract

Inductive and deductive thinking are two prime modes of thinking in every field and in mathematics as well. The objective of this study was to assess inductive thinking in mathematics and compare it across gender, location and sector wise of the schools. The study selected over 500 students for data collection randomly. The test consists of six inductive thinking items that was reasoning based. Test was properly validated before administering and reliability was calculated to make sure that test is up to the standard. Data was analyzed using t test and ANOVA. The analysis shows that there was significant difference between the mean score of urban and rural student where rural students scored better than urban students. On the other hand the mean difference in the case of gender and sector wise comparison was found insignificant.

Key words: inductive thinking, mathematics achievement, mathematical thinking