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Skill Explainer

Inferencing Skill Explainer

Marion McBride, M.Ed.

2. When to Teach Inferencing

The process of visualizing, questioning, reasoning (including inferencing), building word knowledge, and activating background knowledge all contribute to comprehension learning outcomes that include predicting, retelling, finding the main idea, summarizing, and drawing conclusions.

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