Contrived Experiences

1. Contrived
Experiences
“We teach through a re-arrangement of the raw
reality: a specimen, a manageable sample of a
whole… when the direct experience cannot be
used properly in its natural setting” –Edgar Dale

2. Types of Contrived Experiences:
Model
Mock up
Specimen
Simulation
Game

3. What are Contrived Experiences?
These are “edited” copies of reality and are
used as substitutes for real things when it is not
practical or not possible to bring or do the real
thing in the classroom. These contrived
experiences are designed to simulate to real-
life situation.

4. Model
A model is a “reproduction of a real thing in a
small scale or large scale, or exact size- but
made of synthetic materials. It is a substitute
for a real thing which may or may not be
operational”

5. Mock up
A mock up is a special model where the parts
of a model are signed out, heightened and
magnified in order to focus on that part of
process under study.

6. Specimen
A Specimen is any individual or item
considered typical of a group, class or whole.
Objects may also include artifacts displayed
in a museum or objects displayed in exhibits
or preserved insect specimens in science.

7. Simulation
It is a “representation of a manageable real
event in which the learner is an active participant
engaged in learning a behavior or in applying
previously acquired skills or knowledge”

8. Games
Games are used for any of these purposes:
1.) to practice and/or to refine
knowledge/skills already acquired,
2.) to identify gaps or weaknesses in
knowledge or skills,
3.) to serve as a summation or review, and
4.) to develop new relationships among
concepts and principles.

9. Is there a difference between
a game and a simulation?

10. The answer is Yes.
-because GAMES are played to
win while SIMULATIONS need not
have a winner.

11. QUESTIONS?

12. Please answer the Question below:
From your own words, what do you think is
the importance or purpose of using Contrived
Experiences? Explain your answer.

13. END
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