Research on the Mathematical Reasoning Ability in Junior High Schools in China

Abstract

Mathematical reasoning ability is one of the main manifestations of core literacy in junior high school in China. Recently, many scholars have studied it, however, there is no literature summarizing and combing this aspect. This paper collects relevant literature from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database in the last ten years, and uses the literature research method to draw the following conclusions: (1) At present, the research of scholars mainly includes four aspects: structural elements, current situation research, influencing factors and training strategies of mathematical reasoning ability in junior high school; (2) The current research results are more in the three aspects of current situation research, influencing factors and training strategies, and less in structural elements; (3) The measurement and evaluation of probabilistic reasoning ability is a blank spot in current research; (4) More in-depth analysis and research on the relationship, influence degree and influence path of the influencing factors of mathematical reasoning ability is the blank point of current research; (5) In terms of training strategies, scholars have little deeper research on textbooks, teaching methods, teaching models and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to further study the structural elements of mathematical reasoning ability, the current situation of junior high school students’ probability reasoning ability, the main influencing factors and influencing paths of junior high school students’ mathematical reasoning ability, and the deeper training strategies, to enrich the research results of mathematical reasoning ability in junior high school.