People make inferences and draw conclusions about things they see, hear, and read in everyday life. For example, if you are at the store and see an elderly person staring at an item that is high on a …

An inference is the process of drawing a conclusion from supporting evidence. It’s when you go beyond the evidence and reach some further conclusion. We draw inferences all the time when we say …

This document provides an overview and lesson plan for teaching students how to draw inferences from text. The lesson focuses on the short story "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

Helping your child understand when information is implied, or not directly stated, will improve her skill in drawing conclusions and making inferences. These skills will be needed for all sorts of school …

Drawing inferences is a critical reading comprehension skill that involves using clues from the text combined with prior knowledge to make logical conclusions that aren’t explicitly stated.

The video below offers several examples that show how we make inferences in different situations based on the available evidence. Pay close attention to the details that might lead us to a particular …

In drawing conclusions (making inferences), you are really getting at the ultimate meaning of things – what is important, why it is important, how one event influences another, how one happening leads to …

Don’t get discouraged if your young reader struggles with drawing inferences. It’s tricky! Keep practicing by having them ask questions of the text and drawing connections with their own experiences. At …

Drawing inferences in research allows investigators to make conclusions or predictions based on sample data. These inferences may be descriptive, summarizing current conditions, predictive, forecasting …

When that happens, we need to draw an inference. A good strategy for drawing inferences is to think “It says, I know, so…” When you do this, it helps you to think about what the text is telling you and what …