1. Kolb-Lewin Learning Cycle
“All learning comes from experience”
--John Dewey

2. Concrete
Experience
Active
Experimentation
Reflective
Observation
Abstract
Conceptualization

3. Concrete Experience Laboratories Observations Text Readings
Simulations/Games
Field Work
Films/Videos
Readings
Problem Sets
Examples

4. Reflective Observation
Logs
Journals
Discussion
Brainstorming
Thought Questions
Rhetorical Questions
List Serves
On Line Discussion Forums

5. Concrete Experience
Diverger
Reflective Observation

6. Divergers Ask:
“What is it?”

7. Abstract Conceptualization
Lecture
Papers
Model Building
Projects
Analogies

8. Reflective Observation
Assimilator
Abstract
Conceptualization

9. Assimilators ask:
“What does it mean?”

10. Active Experimentation
Simulations
Case Studies
Laboratories
Field work
Projects
Homework

11. Abstract
Conceptualization
Converger
Active
Experimentation

12. Convergers ask:
“What can I do?”

13. Active
Experimentation
Accommodator
Concrete Experience

14. Accommodators ask:
"How can I do it?”

15. Concrete
Experience
Active
Experimentation
Reflective
Observation
Abstract
Conceptualization