Contrived experiences are the second band of Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience. 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.

1. Ed105 A – Educational Technology I
Varied Types of Contrived
Experience

2. TEACHING WITH CONTRIVED
EXPERIENCE
“We teach through a rearrangement 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

3. CONTRIEVED EXPERIENCES
Make use of a representative models
or mock – ups of reality for
practical reasons and so that we can
make the real life accessible to the
student’s perceptions and
understanding.

4. Model
 is a reproduction of real thing in a small
scale, or large scale or exact size, but
made up of synthetic materials
 substitute to a real thing which may or may
not be operational.

5. Model
DNA structure globe

6. Mock-up
 is an arrangement of a real device or
associated devices where the parts of a
model are singled out, heightened and
magnified in order to focus on that part or
process under study

7. Mock-up
oceanarium planetarium

8. Objects
artifacts displayed in a museum
or object displayed in exhibit or
preserved insect specimen in
science

9. Objects
stone age tools preserved insects

10. Specimen
any individual or item
considered typical of a group,
class, or whole

11. Specimen
human brain in a specimen
jar
onion mitosis slide, longitudinal
section., 10 µm

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

13. Simulation
fire drill earthquake drill

14. Games
forms of physical exercise taught to
children at school; it is an active
participation engaged in learning
behavior or in applying previously
acquired skills or knowledge

15. Games
ball games Larong Pinoy
(i.e. chinese garter)