This book—which can be used
alone, with other logic and reasoning texts of your choice, or in combination with
LearningExpress’s Reasoning Skills Success in 20 Minutes a Day—will give you
practice dealing with the types of multiple-choice questions that appear on
standardized tests assessing logic, reasoning, judgment, and critical thinking.
It is designed to be used by individuals working on their own and by teachers
or tutors helping students learn, review, or practice basic logic and reasoning
skills. Practice on 501 logic and reasoning questions will go a long way in
alleviating test anxiety, too!
Maybe you’re one of the millions
of people who, as students in elementary or high school, never understood the
necessity of having to read opinion essays and draw conclusions from the
writer’s argument. Or maybe you never understood why you had to work through
all those verbal analogies or number series questions.Maybe you were one of
those people who could never see a “plan of attack” when working through logic
games or critical thinking puzzles. Or perhaps you could never see a connection
between everyday life and analyzing evidence from a series of tedious reading
passages. If you fit into one of these groups, this book is for you.
First, know you are not alone. It
is true that some people relate more easily than do others to number series questions,
verbal analogies, logic games, and reading passages that present an argument.
And that’s okay; we all have unique talents. Still, it’s a fact that for most
jobs today, critical thinking skills—including analytical and logical reasoning—are
essential. The good news is that these skills can be developed with practice.
Learn by doing. It’s an old
lesson, tried and true. And it’s the tool this book is designed to give you.
The 501 logic and reasoning questions that follow will provide you with lots of
practice. As you work through each set of questions, you’ll be gaining a solid
understanding of basic analytical and logical reasoning skills—all without
memorizing!
The purpose of this book is to
help you improve your critical thinking through encouragement, no frustration.
