Educational Technology 1

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan (4As)

Date: February 17, 2016
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students must be able to:
1. Understand the concept of Cone of Experience constructed by Edgar
Dale
2. Discuss the different level of Cone of Experience based on the process
of Constructivism and their prior knowledge in each level.
3. Realize the value of using this Cone Of Experience in making a
conducive and its implication in the teaching-learning process
II. Subject Matter
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b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Topic: The Cone of Experience

Reference: Educational Technology 1 (Third Edition)
Authors: Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph.D. Paz I. Lucido Ph.D.
Page: 32-42
Materials: Power point Presentation, Laptop, Projector
Values Integration: Camaraderie and collaboration in each group

III. Procedure
Preparatory Activity
1.
2.
3.
4.

Opening Prayer
Checking of Attendance
Classroom Management
Recap of the Past Lesson

Priming:
4 pics Guess the Word!
Direction: Fill in the blanks by guessing the 4 given picture clues. Each item
must answer in the span of 10 seconds.

Motion Picture

Study Trips

Recording

Educational
Television

Exhibits

Activity

Study the Cone of Experience given below. Analyze How the

Elements are arranged from the bottom upward or from the top
down.

Edgar Dales Cone of

Experience

Analysis (Questions for Discussion)

1. What are the learning aids found in the Cone of Experience?
2. Is the basis of the arrangement of experiences difficulty of experience or
degree of abstraction?
3. Does the Cone of Experience must move systematically from base to
pinnacle?
4. Are the upper levels of the cone for the older student and the lower ones
for the child?
5. The base of the Cone of Experience (direct purposeful experiences) is
much wider than its apex (verbal symbol? Does this have any educational
significance? Any meaning that you can derive
6. What is the Cone of Experience?
Abstraction (Questions for Generalization)
It is a visual model, a pictorial device that presents a band of experience
arrange according to degree of abstraction and not degree of difficulty
The farther you go from the bottom of the cone, the more abstract the
experience becomes

Dale further explains that the individual bands of the Cone of Experience
stand for experience that are fluid, extensive and continually interact, it
should not be taken literally in simplified form
Different kind of sensory aid often overlap and sometime blend into one
another. One kind of sensory experience is not necessarily more
educationally useful than another. Sensory experiences are mixed and
interrelated
Too much reliance on concrete experience may actually obstruct the process
of meaningful generalization. The best will be striking a balance between
concrete and abstract, direct participation and symbolic expression for the
learning that will continue throughout the life
The older a person is the more abstract his concepts are likely to be. This can
be attributed to physical maturation, more vivid experiences and sometimes
great motivation in learning
BANDS OF EXPERIENCE
Direct Purposeful Experiences - First hand Experiences, Have direct
participation in the outcome
Contrived Experiences - Here, we make use of a representative models
and mock-ups of reality.
Dramatized Experiences - Reconstructed Experiences, Can be used to
simplify an event or idea to its most important parts.
Demonstrations - It is a visualized explanation of an important fact, idea or
process by the use of photographs, drawings, films, displays, or guided
motions. It is showing how things are done.
Study Trips - These are excursions, educational trips, and visits conducted
to observe an event that is unavailable within the classroom.
Exhibits - These are displays to be seen by spectators.
They may consist of working models arranged meaningfully or photographs
with models, charts, and posters. Sometimes exhibits are for your eyes
only
Educational Television and Motion Pictures - Television and motion
pictures can reconstruct the reality of the past so effectively that we are
made to feel we are there.
Still Pictures, Recordings, and Radio - These are visual or auditory
devices which may be used by an individual or a group.
Visual Symbols - Help students see an idea, event, or process

Verbal Symbols - They are not like the objects or ideas for which they
stand. They usually do not contain visual clues to their meaning.

Application
BRUNERS THREE-TIERED MODEL OF LEARNING
Third
Seco
nd

THROUGH SERIES OF
SYMBOLS

SYMBOL
IC

THROUGH SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ICONIC INCREASING

FIRST

ENACTI
VE

THROUGH SERIES OF ACTIONS

IV. Evaluation

Which learning aids

in Edgar Dales Cone
of Experience
correspond/s to each
other tier or level in
Bruners model?
Write your answers
in the space

ABSTRACTION
Hence
increasing
difficulty

SYMBOLIC

_________________________
_________________________
_________________________

ICONIC

___________________________
___________________________

(Modified True or False) Write true if the statement is correct. If false write
the correct answer on the space provided.
_______1. The Cone of Experience are arrange based on the degree of
difficulty than the degree of Abstraction
_______2. .Cone of Experience must move systematically from base to
pinnacle
_______3. The older the person the more abstract his concept. While the
younger the person the more concrete concept are likely to be?
_______4. Demonstrations are visualized explanation of an important fact,
idea or process use of photographs, films, displays or Guided Motions
_______5. Symbolic, Iconic and Enactive level are part of Bruners three tiered
Model

V. Assignment
Read and Study Lesson 6 (Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials)

Prepared by:
Morillo, Bryan Karlo M.
Rempillo, Ma. Katrina F.
BEEdSped 2C