Submitted by; Jorge C.

Levina 3EDSST5A
Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience
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 LEVELS of the CONE of EXPERIENCE ; Instructional
materials that would be useful in attaining each level of
learning experience
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Symbolic – highly
abstract experiences

Symbolic – highly
a. Visual symbols
abstract experiences
b. Verbal symbols

Visual symbols Verbal symbols

Teacher Present the

presentation of topic show Teacher explains
related picture and other and discuss the
stuff for the lesson topic
 LEVELS of the CONE of EXPERIENCE ; Instructional
materials that would be useful in attaining each level of
learning experience

Iconic – pictorial
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experiences Iconic – pictorial Educational
experiences television
a. Demonstrations Demonstrations
Student’s activity
b. Study trips is task to watch
Students activity is News for the
ask to explain an Study trips Exhibits
c. Exhibits activity balitaan
important part of of important
d. Educational the lesson Student’s Student’s
news
television activity: task to competition
visit the museum like Slogan
e. Motion pictures or the library Making
Motion pictures
f. Recordings, radio,
still pictures Teacher would
Show educational Students activity is listen to
. Recordings, radio, Patriotic and nationalistic
slides showing the
still pictures songs and to radio
process or steps of a
topic or pictures that broadcasting
the students can
easily understand
the lesson
 LEVELS of the CONE of EXPERIENCE ; Instructional
materials that would be useful in attaining each level of
learning experience

Enactive – direct experiences

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a. Direct, Purposeful
b. Contrived Enactive – direct experiences
c. Dramatized

Direct, Contrived Dramatized

Purposeful Example Example
Example Teacher could use
Student activity:
models to explain or
Student’s activity:
simulate the lesson or
task to create Task to make a
topic. For example
simple Maps of simple reenactment
using of maps and
important landmark of important
Globe to identify Places
in the community . and represent a total happening in the
place or areas history of the
Philippines