Concept Attainment

The concept attainment model was a change of pace for my classroom. It was a good way to introduce a concept. It is something I could use occasionally. I taught a lesson on English liquid measure. The concept was liquid and the attributes of liquid were listed by the students. We then came up with the definition of liquid. Once we had our definition, the students were able to give examples of liquids. They were then given pictures of liquids and non-liquids. Their evaluation was to group the pictures into positive and negative examples. This concept attainment helped my students determine how they would measure different objects by knowing which ones were liquid. The success of the lesson is that now that they know what liquids are, they know when to use the English liquid measure system.