UNIT II

C O N C E P T AT TA I N M E N T
MODEL
Jerome S. Bruner

CONCEPT
AT TA I N M E N T
MODEL
M O D E L S O F C O N C E P T AT TA I N M E N T

1.The reception model

2.The selection model

3.The model of unorganised material

 1. THE RECEPTION MODEL

★Focus
Process of conceptualising by examples

★Syntax
e s
presentation of data
it i
it v
Testing the concept
A c
Analysis of thinking strategies
 1. THE RECEPTION MODEL

★Principle of reactions
Teachers role as encouraging and supporting

★Social system
Positive and negative examples

Testing hypothesis, re-examine the data

Solution lies not within the teacher but in the data(examples)

 1. THE RECEPTION MODEL

★Application context
Inductive reasoning and systematic
thinking

Students acquire unfamiliar concepts

 2. THE SELECTION MODEL

Freedom (unlabelled examples)

More autonomy to students

Responsibility and demands on students

 3. THE MODEL OF UNORGANISED
M AT E R I A L

•More autonomy to the students

•Data presented in unorganised and

unstructured way
 3. THE MODEL OF UNORGANISED
M AT E R I A L

•Orange coloured vegetables

•Vegetables that are eaten raw

•Vegetables with edible roots

•Vegetables rich in vitamin A

•(example potato)