100%

90%

70%

50%

40%

30%

10%

Participate in the Activity

Simulate the Activity

Teach the Activity

Watch Demonstration

Watch Moving Pictures

View Pictures

Hear Words

20%

Read

“Seeing is believing,

doing is knowing.”

– Neil Beyersdorf

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How We Learn and How Much We Remember

I see and I forget.

I hear and I remember.

I do and I understand.”

– Confucius

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Doing

Receiving/ Participating

Visual Receiving

Verbal Receiving

90% of what we SAY and DO

10% of what we READ

70% of what we SAY

50% of what we HEAR and SEE

Dale Edgar’s Cone of Learning

Infographic published by Neil Beyersdorf linkedin.com/in/neilbeyersdorf

I see and I forget.

I hear and I remember.

I do and I understand.”

– Confucius

Nature of Involvement Tendency to Remember

Passive

A

ctive

Reading

20% of what we HEAR Hearing

30% of what we SEE Looking at

Pictures Watching a

Movie Looking at an

Exhibit Watching a

Demonstration

Seeing it Done on Location

Participating in a Discussion

Giving a Talk

Doing a Dramatic Presentation

Simulating the Real Experience

Doing the Real Thing

“Seeing is believing, doing is knowing.” – Neil Beyersdorf

“

30% of what we SEE Looking at

Pictures Watching a

Movie Looking at an

Exhibit Watching a

Demonstration

Seeing it Done on Location

Participating in a Discussion

Giving a Talk

Doing a Dramatic Presentation

Simulating the Real Experience

Doing the Real Thing