Cone of Learning (Edgar Dale)

Doing the Real Thing

Simulating the Real Experience

Doing a Dramatic Presentation

Giving a Talk

Participating in a Discussion

Seeing It Done on Location

Watching a Demonstration

Looking at an Exhibit

Watching a Movie

Looking at Pictures

Hearing Words

Reading

Nature of

Involvement

Passive

Active

Receiving/

Participating

Doing

Visual Receiving

Verbal Receiving

After 2 weeks

we tend to remember...

Edgar Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching (3rd Edn.), Holt, Rinehart, and Winston (1969).

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