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Moving and Learning: Expanding Style and Increasing Flexibility
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Peterson, Kay; DeCato, Lisa; Kolb, David A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
This article introduces ways in which movement can enhance one's understanding of how to learn using Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) concepts of the Learning Cycle, Learning Styles, and Learning Flexibility. The theoretical correspondence between the dialectic dimensions of the Learning Cycle and the dimensions of the Laban Movement Analysis…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Experiential Learning, Motion, Cognitive Style
The Learning Way: Meta-Cognitive Aspects of Experiential Learning
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Kolb, Alice Y.; Kolb, David A. – Simulation & Gaming, 2009
Contemporary research on meta-cognition has reintroduced conscious experience into psychological research on learning and stimulated a fresh look at classical experiential learning scholars who gave experience a central role in the learning process--William James, John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, Carl Rogers, and Paulo Freire. In particular James's…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Learning Processes
Students' Questions: Building a Bridge between Kolb's Learning Styles and Approaches to Learning
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de Jesus, Helena T. Pedrosa; Almeida, Patricia Albergaria; Teixeira-Dias, Jose Joaquim; Watts, Mike – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the types of questions that students ask during the learning of chemistry; discuss the role of students' questions in the process of constructing knowledge, and investigate the relationship between students' questions, approaches to learning, and learning styles. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Chemistry, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
Learning Styles among Established Professionals.
McCart, Carol L.; And Others – 1985
As part of the Continuing Professional Education Development Project at Pennsylvania State University, the learning styles of 148 practicing professionals (accountants, architects, clinical dietitians, and nurses) were investigated. The study objectives were: (1) to describe their learning characteristics using Kolb's Learning Style Inventory…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes
Learning Styles: Do They Differ by Discipline?
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Wolfe, Kara; Bates, Derald; Manikowske, Linda; Amundsen, Rebecca – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2005
Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory describes how learners see and interpret information. Past studies have analyzed learning styles of certain professions and majors. This study evaluated whether student learning styles differ by major. The Marshall and Merritt Learning Style Inventory was completed by 531 students. Differences were found in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Learning Processes
Using Kolb's Learning Cycle to Improve Student Learning.
Stice, James E. – Engineering Education, 1987
Describes the learning style inventory and learning cycle developed by David Kolb. Discusses the learning cycle's four stages as concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Offers an example from a chemical engineering class in which Kolb's ideas are used in an effort to improve instruction.…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Cognitive Style, College Science, Engineering Education