English: Kolb's experiential learning cycle (Kolb 1984). The four stages run clockwise from the top: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. Active experimentation produces a new concrete experience, which starts the next cycle.

Each stage carries a worked example, learning to ride a bike. This is the example the Experiential learning article uses for Kolb's four stages (after Kraft 1994). The learner rides the bike (concrete experience), considers what worked or failed (reflective observation), forms an idea about riding (abstract conceptualization), and plans a better next attempt (active experimentation).

The cycle with Kolb's two dimensions and four learning styles: File:Kolb's experiential learning cycle and learning styles.svg.