1. OBSERVATIONS AND
INFERENCES
Take and Make Notes
Look at the drawing.
What do you notice
(observe/note taking)
and what do you think
happened (infer/note
making)?

2. How does your story change?
Observations and Inferences

3. How does your story change?
Observations and Inferences

4. What do you observe?
What do you infer?
Compare what you think now
to your earlier written accounts.
Observations and Inferences

5. Observations
and Inferences
Observations are what
you notice
Inferencesare your
reactions, thoughts or
explanations

6. Quantitative vs. Qualitative
Observations
 Quantitative observations are ones that are
based on a NUMERICAL, COUNTABLE
QUANTITY.
 Weight, Height, Length
 Qualitativeobservations are based on
PERCEIVED but FACTUAL
CHARACTERISTICS.
 Color, Size, Texture
RECORD OBSERVATIONS WHEN
TAKING NOTES

7. Making Inferences
 Inferences are based on logic and personal
experience
 When you infer, you make an assumption
based on your observation an analysis
RECORD INFERENCES WHEN
MAKING NOTES

8. Write one observation.Write one

9. Choose One:
Write one observation
Write one inference

10. Choose One:
Write one observation.
Write one inference

11. Choose One:
Write one observation.
Write one inference

12. Consider:
 When, why, and how dopeople have different
inferences about the same observations?