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Interpreting Your Learning Style

Interpreting Your Learning Style. Understanding Your Movement Through the Cycle. Concrete Experience (CE). Active Experimentation (AE). Reflective Observation (RO). Abstract Conceptualization (AC). Concrete Experience. Learning by Experiencing. Learning from specific experiences

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Interpreting Your Learning Style

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  1. Interpreting Your Learning Style Understanding Your Movement Through the Cycle ConcreteExperience (CE) Active Experimentation (AE) Reflective Observation (RO) Abstract Conceptualization (AC)

  2. Concrete Experience Learning by Experiencing • Learning from specific experiences • Relating to people • Being sensitive to feelings and people

  3. Reflective Observation Learning by Reflecting • Carefully observing before making judgements • Viewing issues from different perspectives • Looking for the meaning of things

  4. Abstract Conceptualization Learning by Thinking • Logically analyzing ideas • Planning systematically • Acting on an intellectual understanding of a situation

  5. Active Experimentation Learning by Doing • Showing ability to get things done • Taking risks • Influencing people and events through action

  6. Learning Style Type Grid

  7. Learning Style Profile

  8. Accommodating Puts ideas into action Adapts well to changing circumstances Intuitive; trial and error Likes technical or practical fields such as business Diverging Imaginative Many perspectives Broad cultural interests Specializes in the arts and humanities Information seeking Preferred Learning Styles • Converging • Practical application of ideas • Does well on conventional tests • Hypothetical-deductive reasoning • Engineering and physical sciences • Assimilating • Ability to create theoretical models • Assimilates disparate observations • Inductive reasoning • Likes abstract concepts—basic science and math

  9. Accommodating • Strengths • Accomplishment • Goal Orientation • Decision Implementation • Entrepreneurial • Adaptable • Improving your accommodating learning skills • Commit yourself to objectives • Seek new opportunities • Influence and lead others • Become personally involved • Deal with people

  10. Diverging • Strengths • Creativity • Brainstorming • Problem Recognition • Understanding People • Improving your diverging learning skills • Be more sensitive to people’s feelings • Be more sensitive to values • Listen with an open mind • Gather information • Imagine the implications of ambiguous situations

  11. Assimilating • Strengths • Planning • Creating Models • Formulating Theories • Defining Problems • Being Patient • Improving your assimilating learning skills • Organize information • Test theories and ideas • Build conceptual models • Design experiments • Analyze quantitative data

  12. Converging • Strengths • Design • Decision Making • Problem Solving • Logical Thinking • Action Oriented • Improving your converging learning skills • Create new ways of thinking and doing • Experiment with new ideas • Choose the best solution • Set goals • Make decisions

  13. Accommodating Management Education Nursing Marketing Government Human Resources Diverging Psychology Social Work Public Policy Theatre Literature Design Journalism Media Career Paths • Assimilating • Educational Research • Mathematics • Sociology • Law • Theology • Biology • Physical Sciences • Converging • Medicine • Computer Sciences • Engineering • Accounting • Forestry • Economics • Environmental Science

  14. Comparison of the Learning Cycle with Problem-Solving Skills

  15. Learning Style Inventory • Retention of Learning • 20% AC • 50% AC + RO • 70% AC + RO + CE • 90% AC + RO + CE + AE

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