Lesson 5 The Cone of Experiences

                             The  Cone of Experiences is a visual model, a pictorial device that presents bands of experiences arranged according to degree of abstraction and not degree of difficulty

                                                           

   This is an illustration of the cone of experience.From direct, purposeful experiences to verbal symbols.

It was intended as a way to describe various learning experiences.It is important to note of Dale never intended the cone to depict a value judgement. In others words, his argument was not that more concrete experiences were better than more abstract. It was merely designed as a visual aid to help explain the interrelationships of the various typed of audio-visual materials, as well as their individual 'position' in the learning process.