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Kolb’s reflective cycle was originally published in a book titled Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development (1984). 

The library has copies of the first and second edition of the book.  

It is best practice to find the cycle/model in the book, and reference as below. 

In-text citation  

(Kolb, 1984) OR Kolb (1984) 

(Kolb, 2015) OR Kolb (2015) 

Add the page number if relevant.   

Reference list 

Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Prentice-Hall. 

OR 

Kolb, D. A. (2015). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development (2nd ed.). Pearson Education.