INFERENCES VS. ASSUMPTIONS

INFERENCES VS. ASSUMPTIONS

- Define each

- Inferences are an educated guess based on textual evidence and personal experience.

- The assumption is a determination made with no logical evidence-nothing concrete or objective supports it. (An assumption is purely subjective).
- Describe in detail how they are different (use a contrasting term to reveal difference)

1- Inferences: It can be logical (not fully a fact) high-level thinking (logical) more objective.

2- Assumption: It can be illogical evidence- nothing concrete or objective supports it (fully subjective, no thinking.             

- What two things must inferences be based on?

1- Textual Evidence (objective & concrete-ness)

2- Personal Experience (Remembering & Understanding aspect of Bloom’s Taxonomy)

- Where does inferencing fit in Bloom’s Taxonomy

  Top (Analyzing, Evaluate, Creating)

- Why is this significant?

Because inference means educated guess based on text evidence and personal experience that means you already have knowledge about something that first two-step (Remembering & Understanding) from Bloom’s Taxonomy now you need the next steps after these which are (Appling, Evaluating and creating).

- What does this mean for other levels of Bloom’s in relation to inferencing?

If we have prior knowledge (personal/experience) of a given topic that we encounter in a new text, we can engage in inferential thinking about the topic.

Mr. Still

Imadeddin Hussein

4/16/2019