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Kolb on learning styles

Learning style

 

Learning characteristic

Description

Converger

Abstract conceptualization + active experimentation

strong in practical application of ideas

can focus on hypo-deductive reasoning on specific problems

unemotional

has narrow interests

Diverger

Concrete experience + reflective observation

strong in imaginative ability

good at generating ideas and seeing things from different perspectives

interested in people

broad cultural interests

Assimilator

Abstract conceptualization + reflective observation

strong ability to create theoretical models

excels in inductive reasoning

concerned with abstract concepts rather than people

Accommodator

Concrete experience + active experimentation

greatest strength is doing things

more of a risk taker

performs well when required to react to immediate circumstances

solves problems intuitively 

 

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