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Concept Attainment

Concept Attainment . Instructions. - In concept attainment, your job is to figure out the essential attributes of the concept I want to teach you about by looking at examples. Once you figure out what the concept is, you will develop a definition and list of its characteristics .

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Concept Attainment

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  1. Concept Attainment

  2. Instructions • - In concept attainment, your job is to figure out the essential attributes of the concept I want to teach you about by looking at examples. Once you figure out what the concept is, you will develop a definition and list of its characteristics. • Step 1: you will look at a number of positive and negative examples of the concept (listed in either "Column A" or "Column B"). As you look at these pairs of examples, you should be trying to develop your hypothesis as to what the concept may be. • Step 2: After two or three pairs of examples, you may speak to the person beside you to see if you are thinking similar things. • Step 3: If necessary, I will provide some clues… • Step 4: We will look at one more pair of examples. From here, you should develop your final hypothesis. • Step 5: We will discuss our ideas as a class, testing our hypotheses. In particular, we will try to label examples from column A from examples from column B.

  3. Step 1: you will look at a number of positive and negative examples of the concept (listed in either "Column A" or "Column B"). As you look at these pairs of examples, you should be trying to develop your hypothesis as to what the concept may be. • No • 1. You steal a candy bar from a store and never get caught. • 2. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered at least 17 people between 1978 and 1991. • 3. A terrorist group holds hostages on an air flight, demanding to be given a million dollars and safe passage to Cuba. • Yes • 1. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 • 2. An American named Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 • 3. General Benedict Arnold changed sides from the States to Britain during the American Revolutionary War in 1781,

  4. Step 2: After two or three pairs of examples, you may speak to the person beside you to see if you are thinking similar things. • No • 1. You steal a candy bar from a store and never get caught. • 2. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered at least 17 people between 1978 and 1991. • 3. A terrorist group holds hostages on an air flight, demanding to be given a million dollars and safe passage to Cuba. • Yes • 1. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 • 2. An American named Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 • 3. General Benedict Arnold changed sides from the States to Britain during the American Revolutionary War in 1781,

  5. Step 3: Clues?

  6. No • 1. You steal a candy bar from a store and never get caught. • 2. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered at least 17 people between 1978 and 1991. • 3. A terrorist group holds hostages on an air flight, demanding to be given a million dollars and safe passage to Cuba. • Yes • 1. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 • 2. An American named Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 • 3. General Benedict Arnold changed sides from the States to Britain during the American Revolutionary War in 1781, • Step 4: We will look at one more pair of examples. From here, you should develop your final hypothesis. • 4. A Canadian is caught stealing money in another country. He/she is sentenced to live in prison. • 4. A Canadian government worker sells secrets to another country

  7. No • 1. You steal a candy bar from a store and never get caught. • 2. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered at least 17 people between 1978 and 1991. • 3. A terrorist group holds hostages on an air flight, demanding to be given a million dollars and safe passage to Cuba. • Yes • 1. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 • 2. An American named Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 • 3. General Benedict Arnold changed sides from the States to Britain during the American Revolutionary War in 1781, • Step 5: We will discuss our ideas as a class, testing our hypotheses. In particular, we will try to show how examples from column A are different from examples from column B. • 4. A Canadian is caught stealing money in another country. He/she is sentenced to live in prison. • 4. A Canadian government worker sells secrets to another country

  8. So What is the concept? Treason Now, let’s dig deeper…

  9. The End

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