Cone of Experience

It is in this category that representations such as models, miniatures, or mock ups are used.

• Contrived Experiences

• Direct Purposes

• Verbal Symbols

• Visual Symbols

These are commonly used as activities that allow students to actively participate in a reconstructed experience through role playing or dramatization.

• Contrived Experiences

• Direct Purposes Experiences

• Verbal Symbols

• Dramatized Experiences

These are actual visits to certain locations to observe a situation or a case which may not be available inside the classroom.

• Direct Purposes Experiences

• Study Trips

• Demonstrations

• Dramatized Experiences

Who created the Cone of Experience?

• Lev Vygotsky

• Edgar Dale

• Jerome Bruner

• Erik Erikson

These are displays of models such as pictures, artifacts, posters, among others that provide the message or information.

• Study Trips

• Contrived Experiences

• Exhibits

• Still Pictures, Recording, Radio

This category appears to be the most abstract because they may not exactly look like the concept or object they represent but are symbols, words, codes or formulae.

• Visual Symbols

• Verbal Symbols

• Exhibits

• Demonstrations

These technology equipment provide a two dimensional reconstruction of a reality. These allow learners to experience the situation being communicated through the mediated tools.

• Exhibits

• Contrived Experiences

• Direct Purposes Experiences

• Television and Motion Pictures

These refer to foundation of experiencing learning. Using the senses, meaningful knowledge and understanding are established.

• Direct Purposes Experiences

• Study Trips

• Demonstrations

• Contrived Experiences

It is an actual execution of a procedure or a process.

• Visual Symbols

• Verbal Symbols

• Exhibits

• Demonstrations

These are more abstract representations of the concept or the information often presented through a graph or a chart.

• Contrived Experiences

• Direct Purposes Experiences

• Verbal Symbols

• Visual Symbols