Inference Jones Beginning 2 Workbook - Using Higher-Order Thinking to Improve Critical Reading and Comprehension (Grades 3-4)

By Robert E. Owen

Inference 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+)."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1601444516
• ISBN13: 9781601444516
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: The Critical Thinking
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 4