The Learning Pyramid

2021-12-11T15:14:55+00:00October 8th, 2011|myths|

Consider this little gem that periodically does the rounds in education circles: (This is just one of the very many variations on the Learning Pyramid doing the rounds on the internet. For more examples visit The Corrupted Cone of Experience.) Seductive, isn’t it? The false sense of security comes from the fact that it bears out and validates our experience as teachers: we get to know our subjects so much better because we teach them, so it follows that the best way to retain new information is to teach it to someone else. And look: there are some numbers [...]