Information about the strategy:
The inference graphic organizer helps students record information and details they learned while reading the text. Then the students spend time reflecting and connecting what they learned to what they already know in order to make inferences. This is the most critical of all graphic organizers because it moves the students into higher level thinking. Before the students were just recording information, but now they are making inference about what they just read. This strategy can be used with all different types of text as well as content areas. While using this strategy students are connecting the details they learned to known information to make the inferences, D (details) + K (known) = I (Inference). Making these connections allows the reader to activate their schemata and make sense of the new information they are reading. How this strategy can be used in a classroom: This strategy could be used in whole group. The teacher could have the graphic organizer projected on the screen for all of the students to see. The students would also need a copy of the graphic organizer on their desk. As a class they could read the text, and then the students could discuss what they learned and what they already knew about the topic. From that discussion they could make inferences about what they learned to allow for them to better understand the information. Another way this strategy could be used in the classroom is in small groups. The class could be split up in small groups and each group would be given a text to read. As they are reading, students could take a break to discuss what they already know about the topic and what they have read about the topic. From there, the group could make inferences about the topic they are learning about. Writing standard:
Graphic organizers would fall under the writing standard of W2. That standard is, write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Another writing standard this strategy could fall under is W8. That standard is, gather relevant information from multiple print and digital resources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. |
Research:
Students who are proficient readers are able to make inferences about what they read. (Miller, 2011). Research shows graphic organizers are key to assisting students to improve academic performance. Studies show that graphic organizers aid in reading comprehension for many reasons. Some of those reasons are: graphic organizers match the mind, organizers allow students to see how the information they are learning links to their prior knowledge, and organizers help student remember the information better. Lastly, students learn better when they interact with the information they are learning. (Research on Graphic Organizers, n.d.). Video examples and explanations:
This video explains how students can make inferences in a graphic organizer. It explains how this graphic organizer helps students to better comprehend what they are reading. It also explains some materials you could use to integrate this strategy into the classroom while reading.
This video has an example of an inference graphic organizer. It also gives an example of how to successfully complete this graphic organizer.
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Sources:
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Strategies to Increase Comprehension. Literacy in context (LinC): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12 (). Boston: Pearson.
Research on Graphic Organizers. (n.d.). . Retrieved July 22, 2014, from http://www.mentoringminds.com/pdf/pdfGraphicOrganizersResearch.pdf
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Strategies to Increase Comprehension. Literacy in context (LinC): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12 (). Boston: Pearson.
Research on Graphic Organizers. (n.d.). . Retrieved July 22, 2014, from http://www.mentoringminds.com/pdf/pdfGraphicOrganizersResearch.pdf