Right Brain/Left Brain

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Right Brain/Left 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.

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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.

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What does it mean? (cont.)

• A middle brain person shares those of both left
  brain and right brain characteristics.
• Middle brain often vacillate between the two
  hemispheres when making decisions.

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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.
• In HERE, Deb Holsts Human Relations Class, is
  another location to obtain a brief understanding
  of what you are.

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Left Brain
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Right Brain
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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.

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Right Brain, Here You Are!

• The approach of a right brained person is random.
• Because of the random nature of a right brain,
  they should make list and schedules to help them
  stay on track.
• Right brain people are color sensitive. Try using
  colors to establish sequences.

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Right Brain, Here You Are!

• Right brain people are concrete.
• They want to see, feel, or touch the real object.
• Right brain individuals may have trouble learning
  to read using phonics.
• They prefer to see words in context and to see
  how formulas work.
• Create opportunities for hands on activities to
  use your right brain.

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Right Brain, Here You Are!

• When processing being a right brain, they use
  intuition.
• They may know the right answer to a problem, but
  are not sure how they got it.
• On a quiz, they have a gut feeling as to which
  answers are correct, and they are usually right.
• The right side of the brain pays attention to
  coherence and meaning, tells you if it feels
  right.

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Right Brain, Here You Are!

• Right brained people may know what they mean but
  often have trouble finding the right words.
• Right brain individuals need to back up
  everything visually.
• When giving directions, they use their hands and
  give names of places along the way verses hard
  north, south, east, west.

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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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Bibliography

• Right Brain/Left Brain, Learning Styles
  www.mathpower.com/brain
• Left vs. Right. Which Side Are You On?
  www.mtsu.edu
• Left Brain/Right Brain http//content.scholasti
  c.com
• Human Relations 1010 Nancy Conrad and Jackie