HCBE Faculty Articles
Assessing Experiential Learning Styles: A Methodological Reconstruction and Validation of the Kolb Learning Style Inventory
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Learning and Individual Differences
ISSN
1873-3425
Publication Date
2013
Abstract/Excerpt
To understand experiential learning, many have reiterated the need to be able to identify students' learning styles. Kolb's Learning Style Model is the most widely accepted learning style model and has received a substantial amount of empirical support. Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI), although one of the most widely utilized instruments to measure individual learning styles, possesses serious weaknesses. This study transforms the LSI from a type (categorical measure) to a degree (continuous measure) style of learning style measure that is not only more parsimonious but is also easier to use than the existing LSI. Two separate studies using samples of engineering and computer science graduate students (Study 1) and undergraduate and graduate students pursuing quantitative degrees (Study 2) culminating in a corroborative multi-sample validation were employed, producing a methodologically sound option to the existing LSI. Implications for future research and guidance for learning and teaching methods are discussed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.10.009
Volume
23
Issue
1
First Page
44
Last Page
52
NSUWorks Citation
Manolis, Chris; Burns, David J.; Assudani, Rashmi; and Chinta, Ravi, "Assessing Experiential Learning Styles: A Methodological Reconstruction and Validation of the Kolb Learning Style Inventory" (2013). HCBE Faculty Articles. 1055.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/1055
