Original research done by Edgar Dale shows that the effectiveness of learning or the learning retention rate based on the learning experiences and the media that was used for the instruction is shown in the following table (Dale's cone -pdf,gif). From Dale's research, additional studies were performed by the National Training Laboratory Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and many other universities researchers.
Teaching Method
Knowledge Retention
See/Hear - Lecture
5%
Reading
10%
Audio Visual / Video
20%
Demonstration
30%
Discussion Group
50%
Practice by Doing
75%
Teaching Others
90%
Immediate application of learning in a real situation
90%
5%
Listening to what. Please be more specific.
75 percent
I seriously doubt that statistics on this information are available anywhere and at best would only be a percentage estimate.
Over 90% of the population in various countries and cities in the UK. That's a lot. Say you had a chocolate bar with 10 pieces, and every 1 piece counted as 1 thousand people, imagine what 90% would be.
5%
50
13%
This year's retained earnings to net income.
A retained earnings statement contains information about retained earnings and dividends. Some companies also refer to this a profit and loss statement.
The amount of information that a person can retain after a course is over will depend on the person. If a person uses the information everyday, it may be retained longer.
listening to information and then asking questions to expand on that information
45%
Listening to what. Please be more specific.
listening to information and then asking questions to expand on that knowledge
Comprehensive Listening.
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