Bev's response - I think it's the age-old chicken and egg story. On one hand, the prediction might be something you make before you engage in reading, inquiry, whatever, and then the inference is what you gather after having read the text. The text may have implied something and you inferred that's what it was. On the other hand, you may infer something before you engage in inquiry, reading, whatever and the text, that causes you to predict, then the reading of the text/investigation/whatever will allow you to confirm or reject that prediction, often through inference. It's an interesting topic, huh? > I am an elementary principal at a private school in Los Angeles and am new > to this list serve. Today I began working with my faculty on inference. We > got into a lengthy discussion about whether a prediction is in fact an > inference or the result of an inference. I was wondering if anyone has some > thoughts on this topic. Does anyone have any good resources/picture books for the > study of inference? > > Thanks,> > Shelley Lawrence _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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