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[ Teacher's Section ] [ Concept Attainment ] [ Lesson 1 ] [ Lesson 2 ] [ Lesson 3 ] [ Lesson 4 ] [ Lesson 5 ] [ Hero Quest ] [ Lesson 6 ] [ Taba and Strategy ] [ Lesson 7 ] [ Video Tools for Kids ]
Concept Attainment was developed by Bruner et. al, (1967,
p.233). For more on concept attainment
click here. It was
incorporated by
Hilda Taba (how knowledge is structured). Taba focused on strategy
(inductive thinking) as opposed to procedure .
Taba's strategy is as follows;
Procedure covers the translation of
content into learnable tasks, discussion of procedure and the formulation of
hypothesis (deductive thinking).
Bruner, J., Goodnow, J. J., & Austin, G. A. (1967). A
study of thinking. New York: Science Editions.
Taba, H. (1962). Curriculum development;
theory and practice. New York,: Harcourt Brace & World.
Taba, H. (1967). Teacher's handbook for
elementary social studies (Intro. ed.). Palo Alto, Calif.: Addison-Wesley.
Taba, H.,
Durkin, M. C., Fraenkel, J. R., & NcNaughton, A.
H. (1971). A teacher's handbook to elementary
social studies: An inductive approach (2nd ed.).
Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley.
