Concept+Attainment+(Bruner)

=umesh and anup= ==**__W____hat is Concept Attainment__? ** == Concept Attainment is an @indirect instructional strategy that uses a structured inquiry process. It is based on the work of Jerome Bruner. In concept attainment, students figure out the attributes of a group or category that has already been formed by the teacher. To do so, students compare and contrast examples that contain the attributes of the concept with examples that do not contain those attributes. They then separate them into two groups. Concept attainment, then, is the search for and identification of attributes that can be used to distinguish examples of a given group or category from non-examples.

Concept attainment is designed to clarify ideas and to introduce aspects of content. It engages students into formulating a concept through the use of illustrations, word cards or specimens called examples. Students who catch onto the idea before others are able to resolve the concept and then are invited to suggest their own examples, while other students are still trying to form the concept. For this reason, concept attainment is well suited to classroom use because all thinking abilities can be challenged throughout the activity. With experience, children become skilled at identifying relationships in the word cards or specimens. With carefully chosen examples, it is possible to use concept attainment to teach almost any concept in all subjects. Advantages:  Steps of Concept Attainment:
 * __What is its purpose__?**
 * helps make connections between what students know and what they will be learning
 * learn how to examine a concept from a number of perspectives
 * learn how to sort out relevant information
 * extends their knowledge of a concept by classifying more than one example of that concept
 * students go beyond merely associating a key term with a definition
 * 1) Select and define a concept
 * 2) Select the attributes
 * 3) Develop positive and negative examples
 * 4) Introduce the process to the students
 * 5) Present the examples and list the attributes
 * 6) Develop a concept definition
 * 7) Give additional examples
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discuss the process with the class
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evaluate