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Atlas Manual

Learning Models & Styles (Kolb, Bloom, Gardner, et al.)

11 terms across 1 theme — every definition in the Atlas sourced from this manual, with executive examples and counter-moves.

11 of 11 terms
Mental Models · Learning
Andragogy (Knowles)

Malcolm Knowles's principles of adult learning: self-direction, experience as resource, readiness, problem-centered orientation, intrinsic motivation.

Mental Models · Learning
Bloom's Taxonomy

Hierarchy of cognitive learning: Remember → Understand → Apply → Analyze → Evaluate → Create. Benjamin Bloom, 1956 (revised 2001).

Mental Models · Learning
Connectivism (Siemens & Downes)

Digital-age learning theory: knowledge lives in networks; the skill is forming and pruning the right connections.

Mental Models · Learning
Constructivism (Learning Theory)

Learners build knowledge by integrating new experience with existing mental structures — not by passive reception.

Mental Models · Learning
Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model

Four dimensions of learner preference: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global.

Mental Models · Learning
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardner's theory of distinct intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist).

Mental Models · Learning
Honey & Mumford Learning Styles

Four learner preferences derived from Kolb: Activist, Reflector, Theorist, Pragmatist.

Mental Models · Learning
Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle

Four-stage cycle: Concrete Experience → Reflective Observation → Abstract Conceptualization → Active Experimentation.

Mental Models · Learning
Single-Loop vs Double-Loop Learning (Argyris)

Single-loop: fix the action. Double-loop: question the governing assumption behind it. Chris Argyris.

Mental Models · Learning
VARK Model (Fleming)

Sensory-channel preference framework: Visual, Auditory, Reading/writing, Kinesthetic.

Mental Models · Learning
Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky)

The sweet spot between what a learner can do alone and what they can do with skilled help — where growth actually happens.