INSTRUCTION: A MODELS APPROACHCHAPTER 6 PRESENTATION

The Concept Development Model

FEB. 13, 2008

“Understandings are built, not acquired.”

Definition

Concept Development:A general idea or understanding that is derived from specific instances or occurences

A thought or notion

In Other Words …

Individuals acquire vocabulary in relationship to concepts

If you understand a concept, any unknown words will be given meaning through what is already understood

If the concept is not understood, a word’s meaning will be forgotten within a few days

The Mind is Like a Room of Filing Cabinets

There are thousands of filesEach file represents a concept

Each file (concept) needs a label (word)

Concept DevelopmentExtends & Refines the information in our files

“To awaken, to encourage, and to stretch

children’s abilities to think for themselves is the highest goal

of education.”

Utilizing Concept Development

Students: Practice categorization

Listing, grouping, labeling, synthesizing Articulate thoughts Compare ideas with other students

Concrete Objects Complex Ideas

• Teachers: Guide and facilitate learning Provide opportunity for students to link

main concepts

Building a Concept

Figure 6.1 (p.109)

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Night

Red

StoveMatch

Fire

Day

Sun

Puppy

Green

Ice

Blue

Car

Kitten

Steps in Concept Development

1. List as many items as possible that are associated with the subject

2. Group the items because they are alike in some way

3. Label the groups by defining the reasons for grouping

4. Regroup or subsume individual items or whole groups under other groups

5. Synthesize the information by summarizing the data and forming generalizations

6. Evaluate students’ progress by assessing their ability to generate a wide variety of items and to group those items flexibly

Differentiating Instruction

Structure & Implementation can be varied: Student groups Directions Pace of lesson

•Group students according to: Learning Abilities Learning Interests Learning Speeds

Assessment

QualityNumber of items generated

Self-AssessmentStudents explain decisions

Short essays

Benefits of Concept Development

1. Extending & refining knowledge Gaining additional points of view

2. Generating original ideas 4-5 times in a group, student can perform on own

3. Reading & extracting meaning Understanding a concept increases overall uderstanding

4. Problem solving Learning about others’ experiences can help solve your

own problems

5. Writing unified paragraphs and papers A paragraph is a series of sentences developing 1 topic Understanding a concept helps build proper paragraphs

Web Resources

Biology Concept Development http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/mcvicerb/marinebioproject.htm

Concept Development: http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/kschlnoe/web/TLU/process.html

Concept Mapping http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/ACES100/Mind/CMap.html

English Language Development http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/

EDUInstruction.htm

The Three Thinking Strategies – Hilda Taba http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/oipd/mspap/

reading/LookingAtConRCL.pdf