The concept attainment model is a teaching model designed to help students of all ages elaborate and reinforce their understanding of concepts and practice critical thinking.
LESSON PLANS AND REFLECTIONS
The first lesson that I found for concept attainment was a math lesson on prime and composite numbers. The teacher provided that students with examples and non-examples that allowed the students to make a hypothesis. The teacher continually questioned the students when she added more examples and non-examples. This lesson plan accurately followed the concept attainment model. If I were to use this lesson in my classroom I would have an open discussion. Once the examples and non-examples were given, the students could raised their hands and I would write their responses on the board.
The second concept attainment lesson that I found was on the season Spring. Before this lesson the students had prior knowledge of the weather, animals, plants, and activities that take place in the Spring. This lesson plan had minimal examples and non-examples before the concept of the lesson was told. I understand that it is hard to get kindergartens to think critically, but I feel if there were more example and non-examples then the maybe they would have picked up on concept. The lack of examples, non-examples, and hypothesizing is where it deviated from the model. I think that this is a great lesson to use for concept attainment model, but if I were to use it in my classroom I would tweak it to fit my students cognitive level. |
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REFLECTION ON IN-CLASS PRESENTATION
Elementary Concept-Attainment Implementation
- While planning the lesson on short /e/ sounds it was particularly hard to do with the concept attainment model. I thought that my partner and I had planned very well for the presentation, and the students enjoyed the lesson. I liked that we had multiple examples and non-examples to help the students guess the short /e/ sound. I also thought that we worked well as a group, and that really helped us in the long run. I learning that collaboration is important, and you should never underestimate the students ability.