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13 years ago
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Concept Development Model
Well. I really liked the concept development model better that the concept attainment model. Our concept was Things to Measure. I did not give them any guidance on what direction to go but they ran with it. They focused on linear measurement. Every item they listed was measured with a ruler or yardstick. They then grouped them by items measured by inches, feet, and yards. It was cool how they were able to distinguish the difference between measuring a chocolate bar in inches with a ruler verses a football field in yards with a yardstick. They then came up with the generalization that different items would be measured with different measurement tools. I then evaluated them on coming up with items to measure by weight. They were able to go through the process by themselves.
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Oh, my! I think I forgot the evaluation step of the process. My students had such a hard time with regrouping. They became tired of the process and I forgot.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure how formal the evaluation was supposed to be. Mine was very informal.
ReplyDeleteI think you came up with a great idea. I wonder if it would not have worked with this next model too.
ReplyDeleteHow much do we need to put into our lesson plans?
Sounds like it was a great lesson. I too enjoyed this lesson more than I thought I would. I will use it again.
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