Learning Styles

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Learning Styles
Divergers Watchers Reflectors Assimilators Th
inkers Theorists Convergers Doers
Pragmatists Accommodators Feelers Activists
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Kolbs Experiential Learning Model
Concrete experience (sensing/feeling)
Concrete, active (activists)
Concrete, reflective (reflectors)
Test hypothesis in new situation (doing)
Reflection and observation (watching)
Abstract, active (pragmatists)
Abstract, reflective (theorists)
Abstraction generalization (thinking)
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The Learning Process

• Experience
• Reflect
• Theorize
• Apply

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Effective Programsallow learners to

• Experience new information
• Engage in initial observations/reflections and to
  seek clarifications without judgement or criticism

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Effective Programs allow learners to

• Generalize/internalize the significance and
  meaning of new information
• Use the new information in a practice based
  application