Kolb Learning Styles Inventory
The Learning Style Inventory describes the way you learn and how you deal with ideas a day-to-day situations in your life.
Instructions:
Below, you will be asked to complete 12 sentences. Each has four (4) endings. Rank the endings for each sentence according to how well you think each one fits with how you would go about learning something.. Using the boxes provided, write a "4" for the the sentence ending that describes you best, a "3" in the next best, a "2" in the next and a "1" for the sentence ending that seems least like the way you would learn.
Remember:
4 = most like you
1 I like to deal with my feelings I like to watch and listen I like to think about ideas .....
I like to be doing things ... 2 I trust my hunches and feelings
I listen and watch carefully.. .... I rely on logical thinking ............. I work hard to get things done.. 3 I have strong feelings and reactions I am really quiet and reserved ...
I tend to reason this out ... I am responsible about things... 4 Feeling Watching Thinking Doing 5 I am open to new experiences. ...... .. I look at all sides of the issues... I analyze things, break them
down
I like to try things
out ...
6 I am an intuitive person ................ I am an observing person I am a logical person .......... ... I am an active person. ............. 7 personal relationships .......
Observation. (Perceiving) Rational theories Trying out and practicing ......... 8 I feel personally involved in things I take my time before
acting I like ideas and theories I like to see results from my work 9 I rely on my feelings I rely on my observations I rely on my ideas I can try things out for myself 10 I am an accepting person I am a reserved person I am a rational person I am a responsible person 11 I get involved I like to observe I evaluate things I like to be active 12 I am receptive and open minded I am careful................ I analyze
ideas
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I am
practical ___________ ___________ ___________ _____________ Column I
CE______
Column II
RO_________
Column III
AC________
Column IV
AE________
3 = second most like you
2 = third most like you
1 = least like you
When I learn
I learn best when...
When I am learning
I learn by
When I learn
When I am learning
I learn best from
When I learn
I learn best when
When I am learning
When I learn
I learn best when
TOTALS
CE or Concrete Experience
This stage of the learning cycle emphasizes personal involvement with people in every day situations. In this stage, you would tend to rely more on your feelings than on a systematic approach to problems and situations. In a learning situation, you would rely more on your ability to be open-minded and adaptable to change.
RO or Reflective Observation
In this stage of the learning cycle, people understand ideas and situations from different points of view. In a learning situation you would rely on patience, objectivity, and careful judgment but would not necessarily take any action. You would rely on your own thoughts and feelings to form opinions.
AC or Abstract Conceptualizations
In this stage, learning involves using logic ideas, rather than feelings, to understand problems or situations. Typically, you would rely on systematic planning and develop theories and ideas to solve problems
AE or Active Experimentation
Learning in this stage takes an active form --experimenting with influencing or changing situations. You would have a practical approach and a concern with what really works, as opposed to watching a situation. You value getting things done and seeing the results of your influence and ingenuity
Take your scores for the four learning modes, AC, CE, AE and RO and subtract as follows to get your combination scores
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AC -- CE = AC-CE AE -- RO = AE-RO
A positive score on the AC -CE scale (vertical line or Y axis)) indicates that your score is more abstract. A negative score on the AC-CE scale indicates that your score is more concrete. Likewise, a positive score on the AE-RO scale (horizontal line or X axis)) indicates that your score is more active. A negative score on the AE-RO scale indicates that your score is more reflective.
By marking your combination scores AC-CE and AE - RO on the two lines of the grid below and plotting the point of interception, data point, you can find which of the four learning styles you fall into. These four quadrants, labeled Accomodator, Diverger, Converger and Assimilator, represent the four dominant learning styles.
Converger
Combines learning steps of Abstract Conceptualization and Active Experimentation
People with this learning style are best a finding practical uses for their ideas and theories. If this is your preferred learning style, you have the ability to solve problems or make decisions based on finding solutions to questions or problems. You would rather deal with technical tasks and problems rather than social and interpersonal issues. The learning skills are important to be effective in specialist and technology careers.
Diverger
Combines learning steps of Concrete Experience and Reflective observation
People with this learning style are best a viewing concrete situations from many different points of view. Their approach to situations is to observe rather than take action. If this is your style, you may enjoy situations that call for generating a wide range of ideas, as in a brain-storming session. You probably have broad cultural interests and like to gather information. This imaginative ability and sensitivity to feelings is needed for effectiveness in the arts, entertainment and service careers.
Assimilator
Combines the learning steps of Abstract Conceptualization and Reflective Observation
people with this earning style are best at understanding a wide range of information and putting it into concise logical form. If this is your learning style, you probably are less focused on people and more interested in abstract ideas and concepts. Generally, people with this learning style find it more important that a theory have logical soundness than practical value. This learning style is important for effectiveness in information and science careers.
Accommodator
Combines the learning steps of Concrete Experience and Active Experimentation
People with this learning style have the ability to learn primarily from "hands on" experience. If this is your style, you probably enjoy carrying out plans and involving yourself in new and challenging experiences. Your tendency may be to act on "gut" feelings, rather than on logical analysis. In solving problems, you may rely more heavily on people for information, than on your own technical analysis. This learning style is important for effectiveness in action-oriented careers such as marketing or sales.