“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”

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Working as an Art and History museum education coordinator, from 1991 until 2013, I would use this at the bottom of teacher evaluation forms that were sent back with them in a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Easily over a 95% return rate. "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand!" Called it a Chinese Proberb. Proviso might be: Depends what kind of the 8 learning styles works for you!

Rod Trentham from Red Deer AB, May 13, 2020

tell me I'll forget, show me I'll remember, involve me I'll succeed

Anonymous, January 13, 2018

I'm a Chinese and I've never heard of this proverb.

Zhongyang from China, July 24, 2017

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