1. C ONCEPT A TTAINMENT John Hodson jhodson2@uncc.edu University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2. T ABLE OF C ONTENT Salient Points Phases of Concept Attainment Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Concept Attainment Example Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Impact on Student Achievement Contact

3. S ALIENT P OINTS FOR C ONCEPT A TTAINMENT S ALIENT P OINTS FOR C ONCEPT A TTAINMENT (W EBSITE ) Concept Attainment allows the learner to make sense of the information given by generating solutions and developing concepts. It is an indirect instructional strategy. Mostly student-centered. The teacher mostly supports or facilitates instruction.

4. P HASE O NE – P RESENTATION OF D ATA AND I DENTIFICATION OF T OPIC Present labeled examples to students Student compare and contrast examples Students form hypotheses and test hypotheses Students state their definition

5. P HASE T WO – T ESTING A TTAINMENT OF THE C ONCEPT Students place unlabeled examples into the correct category Teacher tells student essential attributes, and confirms hypothesis Students create their own examples

6. P HASE T HREE – A NALYSIS OF T HINKING S TRATEGIES Students describe thoughts on how they came to their decision. Evaluate

7. C ONCEPT A TTAINMENT E XAMPLE P HASE 1 YesNo

8. P LACE INTO Y ES OR N O – P HASE 2 Brown Rice Snickers bar Doritos Pear Milkshake Gummy Bears Whole wheat bread Grapes Fried Chicken

9. K INDERGARTEN H EALTHY L IVING – P HASE 2 Snickers bar Doritos Milkshake Gummy Bears Fried chicken Twix Soda Chips NoYes Brown Rice Milk Pear Mango Whole wheat bread Grapes Chicken

10. G ENERATE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES OF HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY FOODS – P HASE 3

11. I MPACT ON S TUDENT A CHIEVEMENT Provides practice on Inductive Reasoning – reasoning from detailed facts to general principals All thinking abilities are challenged during lesson Students become aware of others perspectives Effective in learning concepts

12. C ONTACT I NFORMATION John Hodson jhodson2@uncc.edu Skype:john.hodson78 Phone: 856-275-4811 Press space bar to end show Click Here to End Show