The concept attainment lesson, recommended by Joyce, Weil, and Calhoun (2004), is designed to give students practice in analyzing data and developing critical-thinking skills—without a complicated lab setup. The inductive lesson structure leads students step by step to an in-depth understanding of a new idea and scaffolds their thinking as they piece together essential attributes of the target concept.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2011Stock # tst11_078_01_51Volume 078Issue 01