LEARNING

LEARNING
STYLES
STYLES
• refers to the habitual manner
in which learners receive and
perceive information, process
it, understand it, value it,
store it, and recall it.
A. KOLB’S LEARNING
STYLE MODEL
Kolb hypothesized that learners
need four abilities in order to be
effective:

1. Concrete Experience (CE) abilities:

Learning from actual experience
2. Reflective Observation (RO ) abilities:
Learning by observing others
3. Abstract Conceptualization ( AC )
abilities:
Creating theories to explain what is
seen
4. Active Experimentation (AE)
abilities:

Using theories to solve problems

 Kolb identified four possible
LEARNING STYLES based on the
above concepts:
1. converger 3. accommodator
2. diverger 4. assimilator
CONVERGER ( AC & AE)

• good at decision –making and

problem solving

• likes dealing with technical work

rather than interpersonal
relationships
 DIVERGER ( CE & RO)

• excels in imagination and awareness

of meaning
• people –oriented

• likes working in groups

 ACCOMMODATOR
(CE & AE)
• uses trial and error methods to solve
problems

• impatient with other people

• acts on intuition
• RISK -TAKER
 ASSIMILATOR
( AC & RO )

• good in inductive reasoning

• a person more concerned with ideas

than people
GREGORC LEARNING
STYLE MODEL

Gregorc hypothesized that the

mind has the mediation abilities of
perception and ordering ; i.e. the
perception and ordering of knowledge
affects how the person learns.
Gregorc identified the learners as:

1. Concrete sequential learners

2. Concrete random learners
3. Abstract sequential learners
4. Abstract random learners
CONCRETE SEQUENTIAL
LEARNERS

• like highly structured, quiet

learning environments and do not
like being interrrupted

• often focused on details

 CONCRETE RANDOM
LEARNERS

• INTUITIVE

• use trial and error methods

• look for alternatives

ABSTRACT SEQUENTIAL
LEARNERS
• holistic thinkers who seek
understanding of incoming
information
• do not like interruptions
• good verbal skills
• rational
 ABSTRACT RANDOM
LEARNERS

• think holistically and benefit

greatly from visual stimuli
• like busy, unstructured learning
environments
• often focused on personal
relationships
 WITKIN LEARNING
STYLE MODEL
• FIELD • FIELD
DEPENDENT: INDEPENDENT
GLOBAL LEARNER:
ANALYTICAL
1. More difficulty
with mathematical • 1. Mathematical
reasoning reasoning may be
strong
2. Analyzes the 2. Analyzes the
whole picture elements of
situation
3. More people-
oriented 3. More task-
oriented
4. Attitudes guided 4. Forms attitudes
by authority independently
figures or peer
group
5. See themselves as 5. More pronounced
others see them self-identity
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