{"id":8542,"date":"2022-02-28T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2023-12-14T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:29:01","slug":"the-funnel-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.allaboutlearningpress.com\/the-funnel-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"How the “Funnel Concept” Affects Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may think that a \u201cgood memory\u201d is something that your child either has or does not have. If that were the case, there would be little you could do to help your child become a better learner. But fortunately, this isn\u2019t<\/span> the case! You CAN help your child with her memory if you begin with an understanding of something I call the funnel concept<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

What Is the Funnel Concept?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

When explaining new concepts and teaching your child, it\u2019s easy to assume that there is an unobstructed pipeline between you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n

You explain something\u2014like the concept that every word has a vowel\u2014and you expect that your child will automatically file that nugget of information away and remember it in the future. You assume that since you taught it, your child will \u201cget it\u201d and your work will be done.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For many parents, this picture is far from reality. Too often, it seems that lessons go right over the child\u2019s head \u2026 that nothing sticks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Instead of picturing information going through an unobstructed pipeline, it\u2019s more accurate to picture information passing through a funnel, like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"Water\r\n\r\n

If you pour too much water into a funnel too quickly, what happens? The water overflows the top of the funnel, right?<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A similar thing happens when we try to teach too much at a time. You can pour a lot of information in, but your child\u2019s memory becomes overloaded and dumps the excess. You lose control over what actually makes it through the funnel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

This is what we call the funnel concept.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"too\r\n\r\n

Now that you understand what the funnel concept is, let\u2019s look at how to apply it to your teaching.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Three Outcomes of Teaching<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

When you teach, there are three possible outcomes:<\/p>\r\n