C ONCEPT A TTAINMENT John Hodson University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

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.

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

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

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

C ONCEPT A TTAINMENT E XAMPLE P HASE 1 YesNo

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

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

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

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

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