TL;DR
- See also: Bruner’s Three Fold Analysis of Experience
- While often shown as a representation that we retain more knowledge from experiences than just watching something, that is not true.
- The point of the cone is to show how different methods of learning go from abstract (like to concrete, but it can be a useful reference when thinking about ways to teach people
Notes
- “Dale did not claim that each level of the hierarchy was preferable to the previous level. In fact, he argued that good instruction combines both abstract and concrete methods.”
- Here is the original (notice how simple it is, with nothing regarding learning retention)
- This is the commonly used cone graphic, with no scientific evidence to back up the percentages
- Now, does this mean it’s useless? No. If you’re doing any kind of teaching or learning, it would be useful to use a variety of these, not just the “experiential” ones.