The document describes Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience, which arranges different types of educational experiences from concrete to abstract. At the base of the cone are direct experiences that involve learning by doing. Moving up are increasingly abstract experiences like contrived experiences using models, dramatized experiences using role playing, demonstrations, study trips, exhibits, educational videos and films, recordings, and finally visual and verbal symbols at the top, which are the most abstract forms of representation. The cone is used to illustrate that students will generally understand and retain information better through more interactive and experiential hands-on forms of learning at the bottom of the cone.