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Accommodators (Concrete experiencer/Active experimenter)

Accommodators have the most hands-on approach, with a strong preference for doing rather than thinking. They like to ask 'what if?' and 'why not?' to support their action-first approach. They do not like routine and will take creative risks to see what happens.

They like to explore complexity by direct interaction and learn better by themselves than with other people. As might be expected, they like hands-on and practical learning rather than lectures.

· Look over the web site on Kolb's Learning Styles and explain with examples which style best describes your learning style.

I think of myself as an accommodator when learning. I have found that I enjoy taking basic concrete thought and learning to adapt that thinking into a higher thought. I feel it is important for learners to create new thoughts and ideas to promote learning. When the learning is created rather than just “spoon fed” the learning is deeper with longer lasting results. I have found that I make more learning connections by doing rather than just listening or just reading.

· given your learning style, identify which part of the scientific method (testing, sensing, reflecting, theorizing) will give you the most difficulty.

This poses a difficult question for me since I think that this learning style lends itself to the scientific method. First ask a question and format a hypothesis, test – test – test, then analyze the data (see if questions were answered) all of which fits into the accommodators learning curve. Given that I guess the end of the scientific method presenting/sharing data would be my short coming.