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Combining Kolb Learning Styles and Writing to Learn in Engineering Classes

Julie E. Sharp · John N. Harb · Ronald E. Terry

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Abstract This article combines Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) assignments and the learning styles theory of David Kolb to enhance learning through writing in engineering education. Writing assignments are categorized by their appeal to each of four types of learners: divergers (Type 1), assimilators (Type 2), convergers (Type 3), and assimilators (Type 4). Specific WAC assignments are related to educational objectives in each of the four basic quadrants of the Kolb Learning Cycle, and examples are provided. Our purpose is to describe the Kolb Learning Cycle as a guide to using specific WAC writing assignments in engineering classes and to encourage a diversity of teaching styles.

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1983Experiential Learning : Experience as the Source of Learning and Development 1988Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education.2020Writing as a Mode of Learning 1977Writing as a Mode of Learning 1980The Cognition of Discovery: Defining a Rhetorical Problem 1989How Writing Shapes Thinking: A Study of Teaching and Learning 1980The 4mat System: Teaching to Learning Styles with Right-Left Mode Techniques 1987Using Kolb's Learning Cycle to Improve Student Learning.

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