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The Misinterpretation of
Edgar Dale’s
Cone of Experience
Tony Betrus
Al Januszewski
SUNY Potsdam
The Authentic
Cone
• 1946, 1st Edition of
Audiovisual Methods in
Teaching
• 1954, 2nd Edition of
Audiovisual Methods in
Teaching
• 1969, 3rd Edition of
Audiovisual Methods in
Teaching
Possible Misconceptions about the Cone1
Q Are the upper levels of the Cone for the older student
and the lower ones for the child?
A (Continued from previous slide) Instructional materials
at all levels of the Cone can help us to extend the web
of relationships that our concepts involve. Even the
most advanced student, therefore, can deepen his
understanding of concepts and his enjoyment of life by
participating in experiences all along our Cone. … the
Cone of Experience stands for activities that are
available, in varying degrees, to learners in all age
groups.
10/25/1999
San Leandro, California
Reference: Wiman and Meirhenry, 1960.
#2. http://www.hishelpinschool.com/learning/Bloom.html
• Improving Black
Student Achievement
By Enhancing
Student's Self Image
• http://www.nwrel.org/cnors
e/booklets/achieve/table6.h
tml
#4. Office for Distributed & Distance Learning, FSU
http://www.fsu.edu/~ids/fac2002/Edgar%20Dale.htm
• Lower levels of the cone involve the student as a participant and encourage active learning.
• Lower levels include more stimuli and are richer with regard to natural feedback - the consequences of an action.
• Higher levels compress information and provide more data faster for those able to process it.
• Pictures are remembered (recalled) better than verbal propositions.
• Pictures aid in recalling information that has been associated with them
• Upper levels of the cone need more instructional support than lower levels.
#5 Wallace Library Online / Distance Learning Services,
RIT Marianne Bhueler 2000
http://wally.rit.edu/information/CUNY2000/sld008.htm
No Reference Given
#6. Oakland Unified School District Technology
Learning Center
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/tlc/sitetech/agendas/documents_81202/Dale's%20Cone.pdf
#7. Pal V. Rao, Ph.D., CDP
Dean of Library Services
Central Missouri State University
Presented at AECT99
Presentation Title: “How Can Media Managers Influence
Faculty to Use More IT? “
http://library.cmsu.edu/dean/aect99/sld006.htm
#8. Dr. Mary C. Rainey, University of Akron
Course: 603 Family: Middle and Later Years
http://gozips.uakron.edu/~mrainey/603les~1.htm
DALE'S CONE OF EXPERIENCE
• http://ohioline.osu.edu/4h-fact/0018.html
• The Edgar Dale Cone of Experience summarizes how
learners retain information. A person remembers 10% of
what they read, 20% of what they heard, 30% of what they
seen and 50% of what is seen and heard.
• This is the first only “cone” reference when searching the
OSU site for “Edgar Dale.”
• Ohio State is the Home of the Edgar Dale Media Center.
#10. Why Choose Talk Tools? It Works
http://www.talktools.com/whychoose/works.html
Studies have shown that how information is presented determines the
retention level of the information. The Cone of Learning Theory, explains the
likelihood of retaining information, based on the method of delivery.