Following the talks in our session on teaching logic and reasoning, we will pause to reflect, discuss, and brainstorm where we might go next. Audience members and presenters are invited to stay and discuss how they might use ideas from today’s talks in their own classes, how they might refine those ideas, and how we might explore other ideas for teaching reasoning to students in mathematics classes.

Possible questions for discussion:

1. What is an idea that you heard in our presentations today that you would like to use in your classroom? How will you adapt it for your audience and environment?
2. How are logic and reasoning learning objectives different for general education students, students in allied disciplines, and mathematics majors?
3. What role does symbolic logic—well-formed formulas, truth tables, derivation rules and the like—play in student learning of argumentation and reasoning?
4. How is logic and reasoning taught differently in philosophy, mathematics, and computer science courses (or other disciplines)? How could we collaborate with colleagues in these disciplines to improve student argumentation and reasoning skills?