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Concrete Experience
Doing or having an experience
Abstract Conceptualization
Concluding or learning from the
experience
Reflective Observation
Reviewing or reflecting on the
experience
Active Experimentation
Planning or trying out what
you have learned
Some Examples
Learning to ride a bicycle:
Reflective observation - Thinking about riding and
watching another person ride a bike.
Abstract conceptualization - Understanding the
theory and having a clear grasp of the biking
concept.
Concrete experience - Receiving practical tips and
techniques from a biking expert.
Active experimentation - Leaping on the bike and
have a go at it.
Learning to coach:
Concrete experience - Having a coach guide you in
coaching someone else.
Active experimentation - Using your people skills with
what you have learned to achieve your own coaching
style.
Reflective observation - Observing how other people
coach.
Abstract conceptualization - Reading articles to find
out the pros and cons of different methods.
Learning Style
Accommodating
Converging
Create new ways of thinking and
doing
Experiment with new ideas
Choose the best solution
Set goals
Make decisions
Diverging
Assimilating
Organize information
Test theories and ideas with
others
Build conceptual models
Design experiments
Analyze data
Accommodator
Learns through concrete experience
Transforms learning into abstract
experimentation
Leaders, risk takers, needs a mentor, strength in
doing, likes examples
Teaches students by encouragement, modeling
Diverger
Learns through concrete experience
Transforms learning by reflective observation
Likes to brainstorm, solve problems,
imaginative, emotional, people person
Teaches through lectures and motivates students
to learn
Converger
Learns through abstract conceptualization
Transforms information through active
experimentation by doing
Prefers objects, dislikes group activities, likes
questioning, problem-solver, unemotional
Teaches by questioning and encouraging
students
Assimilator
Learn through abstract conceptualization
Transform learning through reflective
observation
Likes reading, research, organizing, working
alone, likes class calendar
Teaches students by lecturing, traditional
classroom