Editing Learning styles (section)

===David Kolb's model===
[[File:David Kolb Experiential Model.jpeg|thumb|A graphical representation of David Kolb's model, placing the grasping and the transformation of experiences along the axes.]]
[[David A. Kolb]]'s model is based on his [[experiential learning]] model, as explained in his book ''Experiential Learning''.<ref name="Kolb">{{cite book |last=Kolb |first=David A. |author-link=David A. Kolb |date=2015 |orig-date=1984 |title=Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development |edition=2nd |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |publisher=Pearson Education |isbn=9780133892406 |oclc=909815841 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o6DfBQAAQBAJ}}</ref> Kolb's model outlines two related approaches toward grasping experience: ''Concrete Experience'' and ''Abstract Conceptualization'', as well as two related approaches toward transforming experience: ''Reflective Observation'' and ''Active Experimentation''.<ref name="Kolb"/>{{rp|145}} According to Kolb's model, the ideal learning process engages all four of these modes in response to situational demands; they form a [[learning cycle]] from experience to observation to conceptualization to experimentation and back to experience. In order for learning to be effective, Kolb postulated, all four of these approaches must be incorporated. As individuals attempt to use all four approaches, they may tend to develop strengths in one experience-grasping approach and one experience-transforming approach, leading them to prefer one of the following four learning styles:<ref name="Kolb"/>{{rp|127}}<ref name="SmithKolb1986">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Donna M. |last2=Kolb |first2=David A. |author-link2=David A. Kolb |date=1996 |orig-date=1986 |title=User's guide for the learning-style inventory: a manual for teachers and trainers |location=Boston |publisher=McBer |isbn=9780133892406 |oclc=38505355}}</ref>

# Accommodator = ''Concrete Experience + Active Experiment'': strong in "hands-on" practical doing (e.g., [[physical therapist]]s)
# Converger = ''Abstract Conceptualization + Active Experiment'': strong in practical "hands-on" application of theories (e.g., [[engineer]]s)
# Diverger = ''Concrete Experience + Reflective Observation'': strong in imaginative ability and discussion (e.g., [[social worker]]s)
# Assimilator = ''Abstract Conceptualization + Reflective Observation'': strong in inductive reasoning and creation of theories (e.g., [[philosopher]]s)

Kolb's model gave rise to the Learning Style Inventory, an assessment method used to determine an individual's learning style. According to this model, individuals may exhibit a preference for one of the four styles—Accommodating, Converging, Diverging and Assimilating—depending on their approach to learning in Kolb's experiential learning model.<ref name="Kolb"/>