A Study on Introducing Logical Symbols with Stories to Improve Critical Thinking with a Comparative Experiment

Critical thinking is becoming more and more important in modern society. Logical thinking is one of the core abilities of critical thinking. However, teaching logic to children faces some challenges especially when introducing logical symbols such as the implication symbol. Using stories to introduce logical symbols will address this problem and improve critical thinking.

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