Tip:
Edgar Dale developed a cone shaped model (Dale's Cone of Experience, 1960) that represents how learners retain information. Learners tend to effectively retain 90% of the material when their participation is high (active learning) and retain less with low participation. People generally remember:
- 10% of what they read
- 20% of what they hear
- 30% of what they see
- 50% of what they see and hear
- 70% of what they say and write
- 90% of what they say as they do a thing
Two sites that explain Dale's Cone of Experience:
Why use Active Learning?
Inquiry Leading to Inquiry
Submitted by:Barbara Bray
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