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William Goldsmith

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March 12, 2014

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Concept- Attainment Model

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Concept Attainment& is an indirect instructional strategy that uses a structured inquiry process. It is based on the work of erome !runer. In concept attainment" students figure out the attributes of a group or category that has already been formed by the teacher.

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Planning

Implementing

Assessment

Motivation

The model should have a formal way to plan the lesson. What is it? What do you, as the teacher, do BEFORE the lesson
Phase ! the introduction Phase "! E#amples and non E#amples Phase $! %nalysis cycle Phase &! 'losure( %pplication.
The teacher needs to ma)e sure the lesson is presented in such a way

*ow does it flow in class? What does it loo) li)e in class?

This activity can +e done on the chal)+oard, chart paper or overhead pro,ector to a lar-e or small -roup. .t also wor)s well as one/on/one wor). Rather than startin- with the teacher0s concept, use a student0s concept. 'oncept attainment can +e used to introduce or conclude a unit of study.

How does assessment take place (both formative and summative)?

write the definition from memory. determine positive and ne-ative e#amples from a -iven -roup. create their own e#amples of the concept. 1thin) aloud1 write a learnin- lodo an oral presentation create a we+, concept map, flow chart, illustrations, 2W3 chart, T chart

What is used to motivate the student?

helps ma)e connections +etween what students )now and what they will +e learninlearn how to e#amine a concept from a num+er of perspectives learn how to sort out relevant information e#tends their )nowled-e of a concept +y classifyin- more than one e#ample of that concept

that students can discuss )ey concepts and apply them in any situation.

Concept Attainment seems to be used in everyday instruction, Is it safe to say that teachers need to adopt this type of model as a bases for his or her teaching craft?