David A. Kolb

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David A. Kolb (born 1939) is an American educational theorist whose interests and publications focus on learning experiences, individual and social change, career development, and executive and professional education. He is the founder and chairman of the Experience Based Learning Systems, Inc. (EBLS), and a Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead Management School, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Kolb earned a BA from Knox College in 1961 and an MA and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1964 and 1967, in social psychology.

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Pembelajaran eksperimental

In the early 1970s, Kolb and Ron Fry (now both at the Weatherhead Management School) developed the Experiential Learning Model (ELM), which consisted of four elements:

• concrete experience,
• the observations and reflections on that experience,
• the formation of an abstract concept based on reflection,
• test new concepts,
• (repeat).

These four elements are the essence of a learning spiral that can start with one of four elements, but usually begins with concrete experience.

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Learning Style Inventory

Kolb is well-known in education for Learning Style Inventory (LSI). The model builds on the idea that learning preferences can be explained using two continuum:

• Active experiments <-> Reflective observation
• Abstract conceptualization <-> Concrete experience.

The result is four types of learners: convergent (Active experiment - Abstract conceptualization), accommodators (Active experiments - Concrete experience), assimilators (Reflective Observation - Abstract conceptualization), and divers (Reflective observation - Concrete experience). LSI is designed to determine individual learning preferences.

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Bibliography

• Kolb, D.A., Rubin, I.M., McIntyre, J.M. (1974). Organizational Psychology: Reading Book, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
• Kolb, D.A., Fry, R.E. (1974). Towards Applied Experiential Learning Theory
• Kolb, D. A., Kolb, A.Y. (2011). Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0

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See also

• Experimental learning
• Constructivism (educational philosophy)

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References

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External links

• http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-explrn.htm
• http://reviewing.co.uk/research/experiential.learning.htm
• Hay Group On Demand Products
• Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI)
• Faculty Profile at Case Western University
• Experiential Learning Management System (ELMS)

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