Concept Attainment Model for EDUC 530

1. CONCEPT ATTAINMENT
MODEL
Created by Skinner

2. RETCON
• Definition: a piece of new
information that imposes a different
interpretation on previously
described events, typically used to
facilitate a dramatic plot shift or
account for an inconsistency.
• Most often seen in comic books, this
concept has become more visible
in all forms of media.

3. STORYTELLING
DEVICES
Nonlinear structure Retcon First Person Perspective
Comic books Movies Fictional literature

4. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES YOU
CAN THINK OF?
• Think of both positive examples of retcons and negative examples

5. WHAT ARE THE TRAITS OF A
RETCON?
• Think about all the things they have in common from the examples that you
have all come up with.

6. EXAMPLES: POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE?