left vs right brain
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What does it mean?
● An important factor to understanding learning styles is understanding brain functioning.
● Both sides of the brain can reason, but by different strategies, and one side may be dominant over the other.
What does it mean? (cont.)
● A left brain (successive processor) prefers to learn in a step-by-step sequential format, beginning with details leading to a conceptual understanding of a skill.
● A right brain (simultaneous processor) prefers to learn beginning with the general concept and then going on to specifics.
Who Am I?
● There are several ways to find out if your are left brain or right brain.
● Several online test are available to test your preferences and the way you approach problem solving.
http://braintest.sommer-sommer.com/en/
Left Brain, Here You Are!
● Left brain individuals process information in a linear manner.
● They take pieces to the puzzle, line them up, and arrange them in logical order. From this drawing their conclusion to the puzzle.
● Left brain persons are list makers. They enjoy making a master schedule and doing daily planning.
Left Brain, Here You Are!
● People of left brain are usually good spellers because spelling involves sequence.
● Left brains also work in the linear and sequential processing of math and following directions.
● They have no trouble processing symbols, memorizing vocabulary words and math formulas.
Left Brain Characteristics
● Rational ● Respond to verbal instructions ● Controlled, systematic experiments ● Problem solves logically and sequentially looking at
the parts of things ● Makes objective judgments ● Looks at differences ● Is planned and structured ● Prefers established, certain information.
Left Brain Characteristics
● Analytic reader ● Primary reliance on language in thinking and remembering ● Prefers talking and writing ● Prefers multiple choice test ● Controls feelings ● Prefers hierarchical authority structures ● Talks, and talks, and talks ● Sees cause and effect ● Draws on previously accumulated, organized information.
Right Brain, Here You Are!
● While left brain people think in logical order, right brain process from a whole to a part, holistically.
● Right brain have difficulty in following a lecture unless they are given the big picture first.
● It is important for a right brained person to read a chapter prior to lecture to better understand what is being discussed.
Right Brain Characteristics
● Intuitive ● Responds to demonstrated instructions ● Open-ended, random experiments ● Problem solves with hunches, looking for patterns ● Makes subjective judgments ● Looks at similarities ● Is fluid and spontaneous ● Prefers elusive, uncertain information
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