Research Grants for the LSI and other assessment tools
We offer free materials for qualified students, scholars, and practitioners who are conducting research on experiential learning.

To apply for the research grant contact Michelle Curran at or Ginny Flynn at .

You will be asked to submit a research proposal to be considered for the research grant.

Current Studies

• Adaptive Flexibility: Testing experiential learning theory of development
  Mainemelis, C., Boyatzis, R., & Kolb, D. A., 2002, Management Learning, 33 (1):5-33. (PDF, 348kb)
• An experiential approach to cross-cultural learning: A review and integration of competencies for successful expatriate adaptation
  Yamazaki, Y., and Kayes, D. C., 2004, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 3(4): 362-379 (PDF, 587kb)
• Are There Cultural Differences in Learning Style?
  Joy, S., Kolb, D. A., 2 2007, Department of Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University Working Paper (PDF, 232kb)
• Conversation as experiential learning
  Kolb, D. A., Baker, A. C., & Jensen, P. J., 2002, In A. C. Baker, P. J. Jensen, D. A. Kolb and Associates, Conversational learning: An experiential approach to knowledge creation. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum. (PDF, 183kb)
• Designing Learning
  Eickmann, P., Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A., 2004, Designing learning. In R. J. Boland & F. Collopy (Eds.), Managing as designing (pp. 241-247). Stanford: Stanford University Press. (PDF, 200kb)
• Enhancing deep learning: Lessons from the introduction of learning teams in a graduate degree program
  Borredon, L., Deffayet, S., Baker, A. C., Kolb, D. A., 9 2007, Department of Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University Working Paper (PDF, 208kb)
• Experiential learning and its critics: Preserving the role of experience in management learning and education
  Kayes, D. C., 2002, Academy of Management Learning and Education,1(2): 137-149. (PDF, 413kb)
• Experiential learning in teams
  Kayes, A., Kayes, D. C., & Kolb, D. A., 2005, Simulation and Gaming, 36(3):330-354 (PDF, 448kb)
• Experiential learning theory: previous research and new directions
  Kolb, D. A., Boyatzis, R., & Mainemelis, C., 2000, Prepared for R. J. Sternberg and and L. F. Zhang (Eds.), Perspectives on cognitive learning, and thinking styles. (PDF, 342kb)
• Experiential Learning Theory: A Dynamic, Holistic Approach to Management Learning, Education and Development
  Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A., 2 2008, Department of Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University Working Paper (PDF, 236kb)
• Learning styles and learning spaces: Enhancing experiential learning in higher education
  Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A., 2005, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 4(2), 193-212. (PDF, 508kb)
• Learning styles and learning spaces: A review of interdisciplinary application of experiential learning in higher education.
  Kolb, A. Y. & Kolb, D. A., 2006, In Sims, R., and Sims, S. (Eds.). Learning styles and learning: A key to meeting the accountability demands in education. Nova Publishers. (PDF, 523kb)
• Learning styles and typologies of cultural differences: A theoretical and empirical comparison.
  Yamzaki, Y., 2006, Journal of Intercultural Relations, 29(5):521-548 (PDF, 274kb)
• Learning to Play, Playing to Learn: A Case Study of a Ludic Learning Space
  Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A., 12 2007, Department of Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University Working Paper (PDF, 132kb)
• The evolution of a conversational learning space
  Kolb, A., 2002, In A. C. Baker, P. J. Jensen, D. A. Kolb and Associates, Conversational learning: An experiential approach to knowledge creation. Westport, Connecticut:Quorum. (PDF, 292kb)
• Towards the essence of adult experiential learning: A reading of the theories of Knowles, Kolb, Mezirow, Revans and Schon.
  Malinen, A., 2000, Sophi University of Jyvaskyla. (PDF, 8kb)

Experiential Learning Classics

• Assessing individuality in learning: The learning skills profile
  Boyatzis, R. E. & Kolb, D. A., 1991, Educational Psychology 11(3,4), 279-295. (PDF, 3.25mb)
• From learning styles to learning skills: the executive skills profile
  Boyatzis, R. & Kolb, D. A., 1995, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 10(5), 3-17. (PDF, 516kb)
• Learning styles and disciplinary differences: Diverse pathways
  Kolb, D. A., 1981, In A. Chickering (Ed.), The Modern American College. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (PDF, 592kb)
• Management and learning process
  Kolb, D. A., 1976, California Management Review, 15(3): 20-31. (PDF, 450kb)
• Problem Management: Learning from experience
  Kolb, D. A., 1983, Chapter 5. The Executive Mind. Srivastva, Suresh. San Francisco: Jossey Bass (PDF, 3mb)
• The process of experiential learning
  Kolb, D. A., 1984, Chapter 2. In D. Kolb, The experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. NJ: Prentice-Hall. (PDF, 464kb)