In this experiment the experimenters tried to determine if this cliche is true, if people do actually learn better through observation than through words. They taught different children in different ways, some by action, and some by words, in order to determine how they learn better.

I think that the tested children who are shown what to do will have a cleaner

room at the end of the experiment, proving that children who are taught through demonstration learn better than those who are just told what to do.

The children who are told what to do will learn better then those who are shown, disproving the cliche.

Two kinder-garden classes (age group: 5 year old boys and girls) from each of ten different schools –

3. Only one experimenter observed the children cleaning up and it was very

1. Some classes may consist of kids who are shown at home how to clean up, or

could not base the whole world’s statistics on 20 classes.

Each of the ten experimenters was assigned one of the ten schools. The experimenters went to one class and on five separate occasions explained exactly where the books go, where the paint goes, how to clean the paintbrushes, how to stack the blocks etc.

were shown beforehand by another person.

The experimenter then went into the second class and showed them the exact place of each toy, and showed them how to stack them, how to clean the paintbrushes etc., without saying anything in the process. Only giving them a brief introduction of what he is doing.

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