We've all been there at some point, a blank-faced child stares back at us in response to our question and states “I don’t know. It doesn't tell us in the story.” Usually this response has been incited by an inferential question, but what exactly is inference?

Inference can be defined as the process of drawing of a conclusion based on the available evidence plus previous knowledge and experience. In teacher-speak, inference questions are the types of questions that involve reading between the...