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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCritical Thinking Co., T.H.E.
ISBN-101601444516
ISBN-139781601444516
eBay Product ID (ePID)215924020
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Publication Year2012
Number of Pages48 Pages
Publication NameInference Jones : Beginning
LanguageEnglish
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorRobert Owen
SeriesInference Jones Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
Grade FromThird Grade
Series Volume Number
Grade ToFourth Grade
SynopsisInference Jones provides short, fun, and easy-to-use activities that improve critical reading and higher order thinking by developing the student s ability to draw inferences from written text. Research shows inferential reasoning is a prerequisite component to superior reading comprehension. The National Foundation for Educational Research concluded that "the ability to draw inferences predetermines reading skills: that is, poor inferential reasoning causes poor comprehension and not vice versa." We all make inferences in our daily lives (e.g. we naturally think a child is happy because we see them laughing). But how does this ability apply to written communication? When we read a written passage, we re actually reading a representation of the author s thoughts and ideas, because the written word does not convey a meaning in and of itself. Readers must construct the meaning through interpretation. The reader s interpretation is the result of inferential analysis which includes drawing from personal knowledge and experiences, social values, and cultural conventions. The interpretation connects a meaning to the words, providing the reader with an understanding of the character s actions, circumstances, or events in the story. Inference Jones: Beginning has a readability level appropriate for grades 3-4 but can also be used as a remedial resource for older students (grades 5-12+)."