Kolb

The Kolb Learning Style Inventory
Developed by David Kolb in the 1980s
this uses a 12 item questionnaire to classify learners into four types, based on permutations of their learning preferences as follows:

Diverging (experiencing + reflecting)
Assimilating (reflecting + thinking)
Converging (thinking + doing)
Accommodating (doing + experiencing)

Again, it seems to boil down to dichotomous pairs, as this summary makes clear:

• Concrete Experience - CE (feeling) -----V-----Abstract Conceptualization - AC (thinking)


• Active Experimentation - AE (doing)-----V----- Reflective Observation - RO (watching)

The fuller descriptions of each learning type offered on that page bear an uncanny resemblance to the sort of 'personality profiles' one can read on astrology websites.

"People with a Diverging learning style have broad cultural interests and like to gather information. They are interested in people, tend to be imaginative and emotional, and tend to be strong in the arts."

Right.