Construct Validity of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory, Using Factor Analysis and Guttman's Smallest Space Analysis

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Abstract
The Learning Style Inventory developed by David Kolb assesses learners' preferences for specific phases of a model of an experiential learning cycle. A Hebrew version of Kolb's inventory was administered to 739 undergraduate students from nine major study areas, after investigating the instrument's cross-cultural equivalence. In accordance with hypothesized underlying structure, two-factor solutions corresponding to the experiential model's two dimensions, clearly emerged in the factor analysis. While the over-all circular structure of the model is presented strongly using Guttman's SSA procedure, both findings provide construct validity for the inventory and support the generalizability to a different culture of the learning process proposed by Kolb.

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