Favorite Logic program for newbies?

[Love2Smile]

Can someone recommend a logic program for a student who has never studied logic or a mom either?

 

My dd is going into 10th grade

[mrscopterdoc]

We loved Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox. here Out of all the logic products dd has done, she learned and retained the most from these 2 books.

[Storm Bay]

At that age you could start with Traditional Logic. We have & like Fallacy Detective & Thinking Toolbox. You could start with that, but we use it when our dc are about 12/13.

[Love2Smile]

Thanks! Those are the ones I was looking at!

[Jean in Wisc]

Can someone recommend a logic program for a student who has never studied logic or a mom either?

 

My dd is going into 10th grade

 

In 10th, you could do both Thinking Toolbox and Fallacy Detective in a semester or less and then move into book 1 of Traditional Logic. With a quick review in 11th grade, you could then move into Book 2 of TL and take 2/3 to 3/4 of the year working through it.

[Tracy in Ky]

We love, love, love Introductory Logic by Wilson and Nance. It is so clear! The lessons are short, introducing concepts little by little. We use the dvd's along with the workbook and answer key. This is my second time through it, and I just can't say enough good about it :D Ds 15 loves it as well. He enjoyed Thinking Toolbox and Fallacy Detective also, and IL is a wonderful next step.

[Love2Smile]

In 10th, you could do both Thinking Toolbox and Fallacy Detective in a semester or less and then move into book 1 of Traditional Logic. With a quick review in 11th grade, you could then move into Book 2 of TL and take 2/3 to 3/4 of the year working through it.

Where can I see samples of Tradional Logic?

[Jean in Wisc]

Where can I see samples of Tradional Logic?

 

http://www.memoriapress.com/descriptions/Logic1.html

[Storm Bay]

Where can I see samples of Tradional Logic?

 

Jean gave you the link. We went with it after much deliberation, in part on the recommendation of Tina in Ouray (not sure if she posts anymore) who was/is one of the logic gurus on the forum/old boards. I bought it with the lectures. They are virtually the same as the text, so my eldest only listened to one of them. However, I'm quite confident that at least one of my other two dc will listen to them. My ds is most likely to benefit from hearing as well as reading based on what he's been like so far (but he's still 9, so we'll see.) She finised TL 1 last semester, and I'm planning to get 2 for next year.

[Brindee]

From what I've read, you can Count Fallacy Detective and The Thinking Toolbox as 1 semester credit, as Jean said. You put it on the transcript as Intro. to Logic. That's what dd will be doing next year.

[ChemMommy]

Traditional Logic for wordy people

Nance's Logic for mathy people

 

My son is wordy and has learned a lot from Traditional Logic. The video are BOOOOORRRRING, but the program is well-designed.

 

Fallacy Detective, for you son, I think I would have him read it for fun over the summer. It's a light read.

[mcconnellboys]

The second time around, I decided to start with informal logic first, so we've used TT and FD this year. I will follow up with Introductory Logic next year. I think for someone who is new to the game, it is simpler to understand than Traditional Logic.....

[Leanna Tomlinson]

I'm going to go ahead and confess...Fallacy Detective gets on my nerves! It's junior high tone does not impress my kids, and I think it's difficult to teach. I've used it for three dc, but I'm looking for something else.

 

For my upcoming 7th grader I'm going to try The Art of Argument. I have not used it yet, but the table of contents seems to include all of the same fallacies in FD. The material is presented in a format that IMHO will spark more dialog with my dc.

 

http://www.christianbook.com/argument-introduction-informal-fallacies-student-revised/aaron-larsen/9781600510182/pd/510183

 

I have used Traditional Logic with my three teens for the 9th grade.

 

Leanna