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Mahmoud Abdulwahed
Mahmoud
Abdulwahed
Zoltan Nagy
Zoltan
Nagy
Applying Kolb’s experiential learning cycle for laboratory education
Loughborough University
2009
Kolb’s experiential learning
Laboratory engineering education
Remote and virtual laboratories
Education
Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
2009-10-21 13:40:35
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Applying_Kolb_s_experiential_learning_cycle_for_laboratory_education/9242909
This paper describes a model for laboratory education based on
Kolb’s experiential learning theory. The method is implemented
using modern teaching technologies and a combination of remote,
virtual, and hands-on laboratory sessions and have been applied to
the teaching of the undergraduate process control laboratory at the
Chemical Engineering Department at Loughborough University,
United Kingdom. An argument that poor learning in the laboratory
is due to insufficient activation of the prehension dimension
of Kolb’s cycle was suggested and verified, providing a pedagogical
explanation. The quantitative analysis showed significant
enhancement of the learning outcomes of the experimental group
compared with the control group. Apart from the hands-on
session, the proposed model involves additional activities, such as
pre- and post-lab tests and virtual laboratory sessions, which are
associated with Kolb’s cycle to facilitate constructivist learning.
The paper provides the first laboratory education model that
builds thoroughly on Kolb’s experiential learning theory.