The black and white image below is based on Edgar Dale's work on the Cone of Experience in the 1940s. Since then percentages have been added by unknown persons to produce the more common expressions of Dale's work as seen in the coloured figure below called The Cone of Learning. The take away lesson is that we learn more by doing!
I remembered my Geography teacher at secondary school very well because she had a good effect on me. She used to ask us to prepare ourselves to teach some parts of the following lesson then select one or two to demonstrate or act as a teacher in front of the students and explain the lesson. As a result, I got the full mark in Geography in the final exams. It was my easiest subject.Today, when I want to learn something new I have to do it,'' from cooking,plumbing etc.. to high tech '' I always involve myself into it. Even my children do the same. It is the best way of learning and I believe in that.Also Students in classrooms , when they acted a dialogue or a scene in their story they remembered it well.
ReplyDeleteI agree to you both.We tend in kindergarten to make kids learning through their 5 senses by doing their learning.They sing,cook,dance,act and play any concept they been learnt.I remeber that only thing i can cook is paking cake just because my mother gave me the chance to do it by myself.I consider this as a great point while planning a lesson plan because it is frame how much students will do or teachers do
ReplyDeletei would add that the missing 10% is learned by reflection on what we do.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree learning by doing is the most effective way because I tried this myself. The best way to examine something is by trying it yourself. Giving a task to my student I used to try it before asking them to do it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful enlightening cone. It tells a great deal about learning in a simple, measurable and illustrative way.
ReplyDeletevery interesting, I can use this.
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