Knowledge and Skills Statement
Research
1. Nokes, J. D. (2008). The observation/inference chart: improving student's abilities to make inferences while reading nontraditional texts: paintings, movies, historical artifacts, and other nontraditional texts are easier to understand when students are skilled in making inferences. These skills transfer to traditional texts as well. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 51(7), 538–546. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A178358714/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=842641e2
Summary: The author demonstrates how an observation/inference chart can help inexperienced readers make appropriate inferences. The author explains how to observe and make inferences from observations, provides examples of modeling making inferences, and gives examples to support both guided practice for students and students' individual practice.
2. Ilter, II. (2019). The efficacy of context clue strategy instruction on middle grades students' vocabulary development. Research in Middle Level Education, 42(1). doi: 10.1080/19404476.2018.1554522
Summary: In this study, the researcher compares context clue instruction and wide-reading practices as they relate to their effectiveness and impact on vocabulary. The results suggest that teaching students how to infer meaning from context clues is an instructional strategy that positively impacts the level of student achievement in reading.