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Essay / Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle - 520
David Kolb published his theory of learning styles in 1984, after many years of development. His theory stated that people learn in two different stages: information input and information processing. The way people do it is also different. Consider entering information in a vertical line; a person may prefer concrete examples at the top and abstract concepts at the bottom. Information processing occurs on a horizontal line with active experimentation on the left and reflective observation on the right. There are therefore four stages in this cycle:1. Concrete experience - (CE)2. Reflective observation - (RO)3. Abstract conceptualization - (AC)4. Active experimentation - (AE)And there are four types of definition of learning styles:1. Accommodation (CE/AE)2. Divergent (CE/RO)3. Assimilators (AC/RO)4. Convergers (AC/AE) Accommodators are those who prefer concrete experiences for grasping information and active experimentation for processing information. If you imagine a graph with a horizontal and vertical line and a...