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“Learning is the process
whereby knowledge is
created through the
transformation of
experience”
David Kolb
Learning Styles:
Student Engagement
May 5, 2009
Susan Ludwig
Ext. 6099
Learning Styles:
Student Engagement
Agenda
Warm-up
The Learning Process
Self as Learner
Application to Teaching
Wrap up
Learning Styles:
Student Engagement
Outcomes
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Identify and describe your own learning style
Compare Kolb’s Learning Styles
Explain how understanding different learning
styles creates an effective learning environment
Give examples of Teaching and Learning
strategies that can be incorporated into the
classroom
The Experiential Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience
Participates in an experience
(Feeling /”Gut”)
Active
Experimentation
Reflective
Observation
Implements new action
Experiments with new ways
(Doing/”Then What”)
Makes sense of the
experience
(Watching /”What”)
Abstract
Conceptualization
Makes generalizations,
develops theories
(Thinking/”So What”)
Lewin, K.
1947
Retention of Learning
 20%
AC
 50%
AC + RO
 70%
AC + RO + CE
 90%
AC + RO + CE + AE
Source: 2006 Hay Group
Learning Styles (Kolb, 1976)
CE
ACCOMMODATING
DIVERGING
AE
RO
CONVERGING
ASSIMILATING
AC
Accommodator
Learn primarily by “hands-on”
 Act on “gut” rather than logical analysis
(intuitive)
 Rely more heavily on people for
information than technical analysis
 Like getting involved in new experiences
 Task oriented
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Diverger
View concrete solutions from many
different points of view
 Like brainstorming, idea generation
 Observe rather than take action
 Imaginative, creative
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Assimilator
Focus more on abstract ideas and
concepts than people
 More important that theory is sound rather
than have practical value
 Can take a wide range of information and
put it into concise, logical form
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Converger
Practical application of ideas
 Solution focused – decision maker
 Prefer dealing with technical problems
rather than social or interpersonal issues
 Does best when there is a single right
answer
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Kolb's learning styles
Concrete
Experience
Feeling
Accommodating
Diverging
(feel and do)
CE/AE
Active
Experimentation
Doing
Percep
tion
Contin
uum
Processing
how we
(feel and watch)
CE/RO
how weContinuum
think
do things
about
things
Converging
Reflective
Observation
Watching
Assimilating
(think and do)
AC/AE
(think and watch)
AC/RO
Abstract
Conceptualisation
Thinking
© concept david kolb, adaptation and design alan chapman 2005-06, based on Kolb's learning styles, 1984
Learning Style Discussion
1)
What are some strategies / techniques
you would suggest incorporating as
teacher in order to engage your style of
learning?
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As a teacher - how is this preference
reflected in your teaching style?
Additional Resources
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www.Hayresourcesdirect.haygroup.com
Pfeiffer,J.W., & Ballew, A.C. (1998). Using structured
experiences in human resource development (UATT
Series, Vol. 1). Sand Diego, CA: University Associates.
Kolb, D., Rubin, I.M., and Osland, J.M. Organizational
Behaviour, an Experiential Approach
Kolb, David. 1999. Learning Style Inventory. Hay Group
Mackeracher, Dorothy. 1996. Making Sense of Adult
Learning. Culture Concepts Inc.
www.learningandteaching.info/learning/experience.htm
www2.glos.ac.uk/gdn/discuss/Kolb1.htm