The tests that have come into use in the past few years, which are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, are aiming to test skills like «finding the main idea and key details,» and «
making logical inferences from text.»
Citing evidence in a text is an important goal for students under the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which call for close reading of a text,
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Common Core expects students to «read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.»
Recently, I had a discussion about Common Core with several university level educational leaders who expressed the need for students to be better prepared for college: to read and write in a more academic manner, to
make logical inferences, and to cite specific evidence from the text to support their conclusions.
With Book Punch students learn to read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it.
Common Core Anchor Standards: Reading R.CCR.1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Students are required to determine the meaning of complex texts and
make logical inferences.
CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Not exact matches
Nowadays everyone in this field is pushing some kind of
logical deduction system, genetic algorithm system, statistical
inference system, or a neural network — none of which are
making much progress because they're fairly simple.
From the material he presents (posted by JC) Titley is not great on
logical inference since he
makes several leaps of faith in his pointed call for action in the absence of any reasonable cause — effect.
Uh, I personally would hope for a therapist with a better ability to read / listen to what I am * actually saying * instead of
making inferences, who looks at the * evidence at hand * and who is a good
logical thinker.