Concept Attainment Model (CAM)

      The concept Attainment Model belongs to the category of Information Processing Model. Usually it is named as Bruner's Concept Attainment Model. It is used for teaching concept to the students. It enables them to understand fully the similarities and relationship among various things present in the all around environment.

Principles

Principle of Inductive thinking

Principle of imaginary abilities

Principle of observation

Principle of application

Principle of activity

Steps

Select and define a concept

Select the attributes

Develop positive and negetive examples

Introduce the process to the students

Present the examples and list the attributes

Develop a concept definition

Give additional examples

Discuss the process with the class

Evaluate

Importance

It helps to make connection between what students know and what they will be learning

It helps to learn how to examine a concept from a number of perspective

It helps to learn how to sort out relevant information

Extend their knowledge of a concept by classifying more than one example of that topic

Learning by the students takes place in a natural way. They do not face any type of stress and strain

The students remain actively engaged during the process of teaching learning

In this type of teaching learning, individual attention is possible to some extent

It develops the imagination abilities of the students

It develops the reasoning power of the students

The students learn how to analyze things systematically

It helps the learners in their intellectual growth and development