Kolb Learning Styles

Question 1

4 stages of the learning cycle

Answer 1

concrete experience
reflective observation
abstract conceptualization
active experimentation

Question 2

Concrete Experience (CE)

Answer 2

focus on immediate involvement
emphasizes feelings more than thinking
intuitive over scientific approach to problems

Question 3

Reflective Observation (RO)

Answer 3

understanding the meaning of ideas

observation before action

Question 4

Abstract Conceptualization (AC)

Answer 4

logic, ideas, and concepts
emphasizes thinking over feeling
understanding theories rather than unique ideas

Question 5

Active Experimentation (AE)

Answer 5

trial and error - what works v. what is true
practical application
emphasis on doing more than observing

Question 6

Divergent

Answer 6

(CE + RO)
imaginative ability and awareness of meaning and values;
good at brainstorming and generating ideas from multiple perspectives

Question 7

Assimilative

Answer 7

(RO + AC)

Question 8

Convergent

Answer 8

(AC + AE)

Question 9

Accomodator

Answer 9

(AE + CE)