1.1 4MAT Teaching Model 
4MAT (4 Mode Application Techniques) is a model which changes the learning style concepts into 
educational strategies. It was developed by Bernice McCarthy in the 1970s. This model depends on the 
experimental learning theory in the outcomes of Kolb’s (1984) research of the brain hemispheres. Even though 
Kolb (1984) have depended his learning theory on management and experimental studies, he has depended its 
form on the ideas of the theorists who progressed step by step and influenced the educational thought. Kolb 
developed his complex learning theory depending on living by uniting the elements in Dewey, Lewin, Piaget, 
and Vygotsky’s studies. Kolb’s aim is to establish the meaningful connections between theory and practice by 
focusing on research in understanding how social life affects cognitive activities. Because he is specialized in 
management and organizational systems, most of his studies have been conducted in how the individuals get and 
develop the information (Kolb, 1984).