The

Cone

of

Expe

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VerbalSymbolsVisual

SymbolsStill Pictures,

Recordings, RadioTelevision and

Motion Pictures

Exhibits

Study Trips

Demonstrations

Dramatized Experiences

Contrived Experiences

Direct Purposeful Experiences

The Cone of Experience

• Visual model, pictorial device• Bands of experiences• Arranged according to degree of abstraction• Not arranged in degree of difficulty• Concrete to abstract (from base to pinnacle)• Originally developed by Edgar Dale

Direct Purposeful Experiences• First hand experiences• Foundation of learning• Most concrete experience

• Build up ideas using the 5 senses• Learning by doing

Contrived Experiences• Substitute for direct

experiences (edited version)• Simulation

• Use of models and mock-ups

Dramatized Experiences• Reconstructed experience• Formal plays• Pageants

• Pantomime• Puppet• Tableau

Demonstrations• Showing how things are

done• Visualized explanation of

facts, ideas, and processes

• Films, photographs, drawings, guided motions and displays are used

Study Trips• Excursions• Educational trips

• Visits that are unavailableinside the classroom

Exhibits• “For your eyes only”• Some include sensory

experiences

• May consist of working models or photographs with models, charts and posters

Television and Motion Pictures• Can reconstruct reality of

the past effectively• Unique value of their

messages lies in the ability to select, clarify, etc.

Still Pictures, Recordings, Radio• Visual and auditory devices• May be used by individual

or group

Visual Symbols• Highly abstract

representations• Charts, graphs, maps,

drawings, etc.

Verbal Symbols• Not like the objects or ideas

for which they stand• Do not contain visual clues

• Written words• Ideas, principles, formulas• Most abstract experience

Answer the ff:• Who developed the Cone of

Experience?Answer: Edgar Dale

• From the base of the cone, it is arranged from _ to _.Answer: Concrete to abstract.TRUE OR FALSE

• The cone is arranged according to their degree of difficulty.

Answer: FALSE. According to degree of abstraction.

• Verbal symbols is the most concrete of all the bands of experience.

Answer: FALSE. Verbal symbols – most abstract. Direct Purposeful – most concrete

By: Vianca Isabel G. EstoII-SED-EN