Influence of Formal logic course on gender-A Pre and Post study in Nizwa College of Technology, Sultanate of Oman

The aim of this paper is to examine impact of formal logic course on the reasoning skill of higher education students. A sample of 214 students is selected from all the three departments Engineering, Information Technology and Business department from Nizwa College of Technology, Sultanate of Oman. Watson Glacier critical thinking model was adopted and a structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The analysis revealed that there is no significant relationship between critical thinking variables and formal logic course. It is found that formal logic course offered for the students is ineffective. There is no significant relationship between gender and the critical skills. The mean value of critical skills before and after learning formal logic course showed that inference skills, deductions skills, interpretation and argument skills of male students have increased. The mean of inference skills, assumptions, interpretation and argument skills for female students have decreased after learning formal logic course. The coefficient of variation values showed that males are more consistent in their critical skills compared to the females.