The Learning Pyramid: Does It Point Teachers in the Right Direction?.

Lalley, James P.; Miller, Robert H.

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Title:	The Learning Pyramid: Does It Point Teachers in the Right Direction?
Authors:	Lalley, James P.; Miller, Robert H.
Descriptors:	Teaching Methods; Experiential Learning; Teacher Role; Abstract Reasoning; Educational Theories; Discovery Learning; Retention (Psychology)
Source:	Education, v128 n1 p64-79 Fall 2007
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Publisher:	Project Innovation, Inc. P.O. Box 8508 Spring Hill Station, Mobile, AL 36689-0508. Tel: 251-343-1878; Fax: 251-343-1878; Web site: http://www.projectinnovation.biz/education.html
Publication Date:	2007-00-00
Pages:	16
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	This paper raises serious questions about the reliability of the learning pyramid as a guide to retention among students. The pyramid suggests that certain teaching methods are connected with a corresponding hierarchy of student retention. No specific credible research was uncovered to support the pyramid, which is loosely associated with the theory proposed by the well-respected researcher, Edgar Dale. Dale is credited with creating the Cone of Experience in 1946. The Cone was designed to represent the importance of altering teaching methods in relation to student background knowledge: it suggests a continuum of methods not a hierarchy. While no credible research was uncovered to support the pyramid, clear research on retention was discovered regarding the importance of each of the pyramid levels: each of the methods identified by the pyramid resulted in retention, with none being consistently superior to the others and all being effective in certain contexts. A key conclusion from the literature reviewed rests with the critical importance of the teacher as a knowledgeable decision maker for choosing instructional methods. (Contains 3 figures.)
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ISSN:	ISSN-0013-1172
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Elementary Secondary Education
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