Edgar Dale – wastedmonkeys http://wastedmonkeys.com Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 The Cone of Learning http://wastedmonkeys.com/the-cone-of-learning/ http://wastedmonkeys.com/the-cone-of-learning/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:40:55 +0000 http://wastedmonkeys.com/?p=775 Something very interesting, slightly questionable, but beautifully summarises how different ways of learning can affect retention of information. Taken from Robert Kiyosaki‘s book ‘Financial IQ’, the diagram is inspired by but a highly convoluted version of the second graph below known as the ‘Cone of Experience’ originally conceived by Edgar Dale in 1969 (notice that it did not have any numbers).

The Cone Of Learning by Edgar Dale
The Cone Of Learning (source Financial IQ by Robert Kiyosaki)

‘Cone of Experience’ originally conceived by Edgar Dale:

Original Cone of Experience Edgar Dale
Original Cone of Experience Edgar Dale

Verbal Symbols < Visual Symbols < Recordings Radio Still Pictures < Motion Pictures < Educational Television < Exhibits < Study Trips < Demonstrations < Dramatized Experiences < Contrived Experiences < Direct Purposeful Experiences.

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