THE CONE OF EXPERIENCE

GROUP 3
MA.ISABEL A.BARQUILLA
MA.THERESSA A. BARQUILLA
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson the students will be able to ;

1. To examine Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience .

2. To define the Cone’s Eleven (11) Stages.
3. To apply the Cone of Experience in Education.
 An American educator who develop the
Cone of Experience, also known the
Learning Pyramid.

 He first introduced Cone of Experience in

1946 in His book “Audio – Visual
Methods in Teaching.”

 The Father of modern Media Education.

Edgar Dale
The cone of Experience

The Cone of Experience is a pictorial device

use to explain the interrelationships of the
various types of audio - visual media, as well
as their individual “positions” in the learning
process.
 11 Stages of Dale’s Cone of Experience

1.Direct, Purposeful Experience

• First-hand Experience.
• Bring direct participation in the outcome and uses
our senses.
2. Contrived Experiences
• Used as substitutes for real things when it is not practical or
possible to bring or do the real things in the classroom.

• Edited copies of reality.

Example:

Globe Map
 3. Dramatized
•
Experience
All dramatization is essentially a process of communication in which both participants
and spectators are engaged.

Dramatized divided into 2 Categories

Acting – actual participation
Observing – watching a dramatization take place.

4. Demonstration
• It shows how certain things, and it visualizes of an important fact or idea.

5. Study Trips
• It is usually observation for education, non-experimental research or to
provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities.
6. Exhibits
• Are experiences that are for the eyes only. It’s a great way to present students with
exposure to new ideas, discoveries and inventions that would be difficult to display
in a classroom setting.

7. Educational Television
• Educational Television is the use of television programs in the field of distance
education.

8. Motion Pictures
• It is use to slow down a fast process.

• It can omit the unnecessary or unimportant material.

9. Audio and Pictures
• It is for those students who cannot deal with the motion or pace of real
event. This is usually understood by those who have difficulties in reading.

10. Visual Symbols

• Help the students to see the ideas, events or processes with use of different
symbols.

11. Verbal symbols

• Use if the words or verbal Symbols to share meaning to individual
• They usually do not contain visual clues to their meaning.
THANK YOU!!
QUIZ!
1.What is the two categories of dramatized experiences?
A . Acting and Emotion
B . Acting and Performance
C. Acting and Observing
D. Monitoring and Observing

2.Who developed the Cone of Experience?

A . Edward Dale
B . Edgar Dale
C . Edgar Allan
D. Edward Dule

3. It is a great way to present students with exposure to new Ideas, Discoveries and Inventions.
A. Demonstration
B. Exhibits
C. Contrived
D. Direct

4. It is a Edited Copies of Reality.

A. Visual Symbols
B. Contrived Experiences
C. Exhibits
D. Study Trips
6-10. Give at least 6 stages of
Dale’s Cone of Experience.