academic reasoning

English translation: scholarly, abstract & analytical reasoning that follows rules of logic to arrive at conclusions

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English term or phrase:academic reasoning
Selected answer:scholarly, abstract & analytical reasoning that follows rules of logic to arrive at conclusions
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

17:53 Nov 19, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: academic reasoning
Dear colleagues,
I have a little doubt concerning this concept described in the passage below: I think it refers to reasoning abilities underlying a variety of school subjects, i.e. not specific of one single subject.
but how can we interpret "academic" in this case: does it refer to higher education only or does it have a general meaning, i.e. it might refer also to primary school or middle school?
Thank you so much for your valuable help!

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This is the text where "academic reasoning" appears, although without further explanation:

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This is a text where I've found a possible explanation of the concept

Source:
Sam Hambur and Sean Pywell, Australian Council for Educational Research

Tests of *** “academic reasoning” *** focus on the mental processes that underpin school and tertiary studies, rather than the specific knowledge and skills of particular academic disciplines. They can be thought of as general, generic or cross-curricular reasoning assessments.
The terms “general”, “generic” and “cross-curricular” refer to breadth of transferability. While reasoning processes are learned in a particular context, and their form varies from discipline to discipline, they do not have to be learned totally anew in each new context; that is, reasoning processes can be transferable.
Such tests assess students’ capacity to reason in a range of contexts, some of which will be familiar to the student, some of which will not. The expectation is that the wider the range of contexts in which students are able to reason, the more likely they are to be able to reason within contexts with which they have yet to become familiar. It is this expectation that leads people to label tests of this kind as “aptitude” tests.
haribert
Local time: 14:14
being able to use reason and logic
Explanation:
using mental processes to work out what something means (at any level of school) and reach a conclusion. And why maths is an obligatory subject

if sonmeone is good at academic reasonong they can apply this method of using logic and calculation to work out lots of things, for themselves, or in other fields/projects

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reasoning

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all steps in the reasoning process should also be written down or explained

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So, once someone has learned how to use academic reasoning in theoretical situations, they can apply this to everyday life. Of course young children are asked to work on very basic problems but they are all steps in the learning process of being able to reason. Here is another definition of reasoning

https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/crit...

"Reasoning is the ability to think logically to formulate fair judgements and justify a position. In other words, it is about identifying, analysing and evaluating arguments.

In our study, in the workplace and in our everyday lives we need to make decisions, solve problems, formulate judgements and skilfully persuade. This can be difficult when there is so much information available, and so many competing perspectives. We could just flip a coin as a method to determine what to think. This may be correct 50% of the time, but this is not a very effective or reliable method. We want to make good decisions 100% of the time (or as close as possible) and be able to provide good justification for the choices that we do make - so we need to be proficient in the art of reasoning."

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yes Haribert, the word !"academic" has several meanings but it's not just about higher education or university.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/academic
academic
of colleges, universities, etc.; scholastic; scholarly
having to do with general or liberal rather than technical or vocational education
of or belonging to an academy of scholars, artists, etc.
following fixed rules or conventions; pedantic or formalistic: an academic style of painting
merely theoretical; having no direct practical application: an academic question

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https://www.definitions.net/definition/academic


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theoretical and speculative reasoning is mainly what this is

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https://books.google.ie/books?id=zI15AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA262&lpg=P...

https://books.google.ie/books?id=7Cjgn3-YsjEC&pg=PT66&lpg=PT...

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Hello Haribert, no I don't think that does it at all. I would not use "cross-curricular" as this is a fundamental formal way of reasoning. In fact "formal" or "trained" might be useful. But I repeat, it's (scholarly) theoretical, abstract, specialised, analytical reasoning that follows rules of logic and supporting argument with evidence to reach conclusions based on initial premises (evidence/facts)
It's STRUCTURED reasoning using logic.
I looked up a few dictionaries English> italian to see if I could see anything that might for since you say you can't use 'accademico'. I think some of these in WR might be useful? https://www.wordreference.com/iten/istruito
How about
istruito
https://www.wordreference.com/iten/istruito
or erudito
https://www.wordreference.com/iten/erudito


or teorico,
intellettuale

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I had a look at your En> It question and you seem hung up on "cross-curricular/interdisciplinary". Really these are not the important aspects here and it would be misleading in my view to use those words.

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Glad to help but I'd use an extra word with "astratto" because you have nothing there to express the scholarly part, hence why I made other suggestions

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:-)

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Hmm, I'd prefer "critical thinking" which is a far more common way to say that. I don't like "higher" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking
"abilità di ragionamento astratto/logiche di ordine superiore"
See if my gloss gives you other ideas
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being able to use reason and logic


Explanation:
using mental processes to work out what something means (at any level of school) and reach a conclusion. And why maths is an obligatory subject

if sonmeone is good at academic reasonong they can apply this method of using logic and calculation to work out lots of things, for themselves, or in other fields/projects

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reasoning

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Note added at 11 mins (2019-11-19 18:05:56 GMT)
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all steps in the reasoning process should also be written down or explained

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Note added at 16 mins (2019-11-19 18:10:49 GMT)
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So, once someone has learned how to use academic reasoning in theoretical situations, they can apply this to everyday life. Of course young children are asked to work on very basic problems but they are all steps in the learning process of being able to reason. Here is another definition of reasoning

https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/crit...

"Reasoning is the ability to think logically to formulate fair judgements and justify a position. In other words, it is about identifying, analysing and evaluating arguments.

In our study, in the workplace and in our everyday lives we need to make decisions, solve problems, formulate judgements and skilfully persuade. This can be difficult when there is so much information available, and so many competing perspectives. We could just flip a coin as a method to determine what to think. This may be correct 50% of the time, but this is not a very effective or reliable method. We want to make good decisions 100% of the time (or as close as possible) and be able to provide good justification for the choices that we do make - so we need to be proficient in the art of reasoning."

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Note added at 20 mins (2019-11-19 18:14:07 GMT)
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yes Haribert, the word !"academic" has several meanings but it's not just about higher education or university.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/academic
academic
of colleges, universities, etc.; scholastic; scholarly
having to do with general or liberal rather than technical or vocational education
of or belonging to an academy of scholars, artists, etc.
following fixed rules or conventions; pedantic or formalistic: an academic style of painting
merely theoretical; having no direct practical application: an academic question

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Note added at 26 mins (2019-11-19 18:20:32 GMT)
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https://www.definitions.net/definition/academic


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Note added at 39 mins (2019-11-19 18:33:32 GMT)
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theoretical and speculative reasoning is mainly what this is

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2019-11-20 19:47:29 GMT)
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https://books.google.ie/books?id=zI15AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA262&lpg=P...

https://books.google.ie/books?id=7Cjgn3-YsjEC&pg=PT66&lpg=PT...

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Note added at 1 day 19 hrs (2019-11-21 13:45:11 GMT)
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Hello Haribert, no I don't think that does it at all. I would not use "cross-curricular" as this is a fundamental formal way of reasoning. In fact "formal" or "trained" might be useful. But I repeat, it's (scholarly) theoretical, abstract, specialised, analytical reasoning that follows rules of logic and supporting argument with evidence to reach conclusions based on initial premises (evidence/facts)
It's STRUCTURED reasoning using logic.
I looked up a few dictionaries English> italian to see if I could see anything that might for since you say you can't use 'accademico'. I think some of these in WR might be useful? https://www.wordreference.com/iten/istruito
How about
istruito
https://www.wordreference.com/iten/istruito
or erudito
https://www.wordreference.com/iten/erudito


or teorico,
intellettuale

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Note added at 1 day 20 hrs (2019-11-21 14:00:07 GMT)
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I had a look at your En> It question and you seem hung up on "cross-curricular/interdisciplinary". Really these are not the important aspects here and it would be misleading in my view to use those words.

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Note added at 1 day 20 hrs (2019-11-21 14:27:16 GMT)
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Glad to help but I'd use an extra word with "astratto" because you have nothing there to express the scholarly part, hence why I made other suggestions

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Note added at 1 day 20 hrs (2019-11-21 14:39:53 GMT) Post-grading
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:-)

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Note added at 1 day 21 hrs (2019-11-21 15:02:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Hmm, I'd prefer "critical thinking" which is a far more common way to say that. I don't like "higher" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking
"abilità di ragionamento astratto/logiche di ordine superiore"
See if my gloss gives you other ideas

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 13:14
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Thank you so much, Yvonne, for your valuable help!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much, Yvonne! actually, I posted the same question also in the Italian section, in search of a sort of "official definition" in Italian, but the word "academic" seemed to be interpreted as "higher education"...actually it is partly a "false friend"... "accademico" in Italy refers mainly to university... in this case, however, it has a more general meaning

Asker: Thank you so much, Yvonne, also for the useful "definitions.net" link!

Asker: Thank you so much, Yvonne, for these links! Maybe I could also say "cross-curricular cognitive abilities"... (unfortunately I feel I can't use 'accademico' in Italian...) Have a nice day and enjoy your meal!

Asker: Dear Yvonne, thank you for your help and for your patience, too! I think I'll go for "astratto" (abstract) There are in fact a lot of occurrences of "abilità di ragionamento astratto". Thank you so much!

Asker: I've also found "higher order reasoning skills" which is "abilità di ragionamento di ordine superiore" and maybe it encompases all that has been said... https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2b0e/93706824be685c9a22708e0b33a990f04612.pdf


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agree  philgoddard
49 mins
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Indeed, it has nothing to do with any level of education.
2 hrs
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neutral  Daryo: in the context of learning [at whichever level - primary school to PhD] - otherwise it's just plain "intelligence / capacity for reasoning" that can be present whether or not people have any "academic" proclivities.
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Explanation:
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