PENGARUH GAYA BELAJAR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING DALAM PENINGKATAN PRESTASI AKADEMIK DAN PENERAPANNYA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN

Abstract

Teachers in the learning process, should pay attention to
the characteristics of their students. A wide range of student
characteristics, both internally and externally. One of the
characteristics of students in learning that need to be considered in
teacher learning and affect the effectiveness of teaching and learning
is the learning styles of the students.
Experiential Learning not only provide insight into the concepts
of knowledge alone. However, it also gives a real experience that will
build skills through real assignments. Experienced learning theory is
formed through a process of suppression. Suppression process
includes concrete experience, observe /reflect on concrete
experiences, abstract concepts and generalizations formatting, to test
implications of concepts in new situations. The four processes form
the four types of learning styles are: konverger, akomodator,
diverger, and assimilator.
Teachers in teaching has its own learning style as well as the
types of students have learning styles but it does not mean the quality
of teaching by itself will increase. Learning style is closely related to
an individual's personal history influenced by education and
development. This is because the factors that affect academic
achievement itself. Therefore, in the learning process teachers need
to pay attention to the types of learning styles of the students as well
as teachers also have their own learning style.
Keywords : learning styles, experiential learning, academic
achievement, learning