T-Chart

= T-Chart = A T-chart can be used to discuss information within paired descriptors. Common descriptors are: Observation/inference; fact/opinion; true/false; objective/subjective; healthy/unhealthy; safe/unsafe. Depending on your subject area you may come up with others.

I have used in in Science to support students learning about the difference between observation/inference. I have also used it to support report writing with results/conclusion. Other ways I have used it is in interviewing witnesses in a forensics problem, through fact/opinion. Also in developing opinions about an issue by using objective/subjective. The followup is a report/essay/reflection that is able to separate the two dimensions with justified reasons for the separation. This activity is excellent for group work or individual work. It can be structured by adding one point each to the columns until all ideas are added, or by allocating one dimension to each student.


 * Objective || Subjective ||


 * Fact || Opinion ||


 * True || False ||


 * Observation || Inference ||