Learning Styles

Question 1

Dispositional Characteristics

Answer 1

Within the individual (internal) and relatively permanent.

Ex. Genetics, family history, experience

Question 2

Situational Characteristics

Answer 2

External to individual and change frequently.

Ex. Classroom environment, teacher and student mood, teaching strategies

Question 3

What are the four stages of Kolb’s Learning Styles?

C.A.A.R

Answer 3

1. Concrete Experience (feeling)
2. Reflective Observations (watching)
3. Abstract Conceptualizations (thinking)
4. Active Experimentation (doing)

Question 4

Processing Continuum

Answer 4

Grasping experience.
How we approach at task.
Are we active and experiment or do we reflect and observe.

Question 5

Perception Continuum

Answer 5

Transforming the experience.
How do we think about a task.
Are we going based on feeling or logic reasoning.

Question 6

Concrete Experience

Answer 6

Feelings and intuition (feeling)

Question 7

Reflective Observation

Answer 7

Observing during an experience (watching)

Question 8

Abstract Conceptualization

Answer 8

Logic, reasoning, hypothesis formation, and problem solving (thinking)

Question 9

Active Experimentation

Answer 9

Learning by testing out the theories generated. (Doing)

Question 10

What are 4 Kolb’s Learning Styles combining perception and processing
(D.A.C.A)

Answer 10

1. Diverger
2. Assimilator
3. Converger
4. Accomodator

Question 11

Diverger

Answer 11

Observation and Concrete experience.
Watch and Feel
Faculty Role: Motivator

Question 12

Assimilator

Answer 12

Observation and abstract conceptualization.
Watch and think
Faculty Role: Expert

Question 13

Converger

Answer 13

Active Experimentation and abstract conceptualization.
Like to take theory and put it into practice
Think and do
Faculty Role: Coach

Question 14

Accommodating

Answer 14

Concrete experience and active experimenation.
Feel and do
Faculty Role: Evaluator/Remediator