Kolb's Learning Style

Question 1

Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (LSI)

Answer 1

Assesses an individual’s orientation toward four modes of the learning process

Question 2

Kolb’s Learning Cycle meaning

doing –

watching -

feeling –

thinking -

Answer 2

doing – active experiment

watching - reflective observating

feeling – concrete experience

thinking - abstract conceptualization

Question 3

Name Kolb’s 4 Learning Styles

Answer 3

Diverging (reflecting)

Assimilating (philosophy)

Converging (analyzing)

Accommodating (organizing)

Question 4

Explain Kolb’s Learning Style: Diverging (reflecting)

Answer 4

A combination of concrete experience and reflective observation

Emphasizing imagination, an awareness of values, and the ability to generate alternative courses of action

> Feeling and Watching

Question 5

Explain Kolb’s Learning Style: Assimilating (philosophy)

Answer 5

A combination of abstract conceptualization and reflective observation

Stresses inductive reasoning, the integration of disparate observations into an explanation, and the creation of theoretical models

> Thinking and Watching

Question 6

Explain Kolb’s Learning Style: Converging (analyzing)

Answer 6

A combination of abstract conceptualization and active experimentation

With a focus on problem solving, decision making, and the practical application of ideas

> Thinking and Doing

Question 7

Explain Kolb’s Learning Style: Accommodating (organizing)

Answer 7

A combination of concrete experience and active experimentation

This style is usually demonstrated by accomplishment, executing plans, and involvement in new experiences

> Feeling and Doing

Question 8

Kolb’s 4 Learning Styles: thinking, doing, watching, feeling?

Accommodating

Assimilating

Diverging

Converging

Answer 8

Accommodating (Organizing)
> Feeling and Doing

Assimilating (Philosophy)
> Thinking and Watching

Diverging (Reflecting)
> Feeling and Watching

Converging (Analyzing)
> Thinking and Doing