Abstract conceptualization: when the learner forms or modifies ideas after reflecting. Active experimentation: the learner applies the new thinking and notes if anything changes.

By dividing learning into four stages—concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation—Kolb's approach framed learning as an active and ...

It includes a four-stage cycle of learning—concrete experience (experiencing), reflective observation (reflecting), abstract conceptualization (thinking) and active experimentation (acting). As Dewey ...