Measuring the Reasoning Skills of Student-teachers from Sagaing University of Education

This study investigated the reasoning skills of student-teachers from Sagaing University of Education. A total of 220student-teachers in Sagaing University of Education participated in this study. Descriptive research design and survey method were used. As the instrument of this research,Reasoning Skills Test (RST) was used to examine the participants’ reasoning skills. The test was developed by using Item Response Test Theory (IRT). According to the research findings, it was found that student-teachers were higher in deductive reasoning than inductive reasoning. Moreover, the result pointed out that girls had more deductive reasoning skill than boys. Again, the reasoning skill of fourth year student-teachers was significantly higher than those of first year and fifth year student-teachers at 0.05 level. Moreover, second year student-teachers’ reasoning skill was also significantly higher than that of fifth year student-teachers.This research hopes that the results from this study will be able to contribute to background factors in creating effective teaching learning environment,especially in teacher education