Reasoning

Reasoning skills are taught throughout the year groups at Shrewsbury House following our own bespoke programme, as well as using the Atom Based Learning Programme, incorporating Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning.  This subject is taught as a specific area of the curriculum and the work the boys cover helps to support learning undertaken in English and mathematics spatial skills.

Verbal Reasoning tests our boys’ abilities within language to measure their wider reasoning capability. The results give an indication of how pupils assimilate new information, and highlight their skills in verbal thinking above and beyond their formal literacy abilities.

Non-Verbal Reasoning tests pupils’ ability to recognise similarities, analogies and patterns in unfamiliar designs. The mental processes required to complete these tests develop pupils’ understanding and assimilation of new information.

The boys are well supported in gaining confidence and familiarity when completing reasoning and cognitive tests for the Senior Schools’ selection process. They are prepared thoroughly for the pre-assessments to Senior Schools.