John Dewey
John Dewey states that "a child learns to fly a kite not because external facts are conveyed to his brain but because of the direct experience of flying the kite." (Lindsey and Berger, 2009, pg121)
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget believed that when a person interacts with his/her environment, it either results in a "process of assimilation, in which is integrated into existing knowledge, or results in accommodation, in which the knowledge gleaned from the experience forces a modification of existing knowledge." (Lindsey and Berger, 2009, pg. 122)
David Kolb
David Kolb's "cyclical model" consists of "drawing meaning from and applying the meaning to new experiences." (Lindsey and Berger, 2009, pg. 122)