1. Right Brain vs Left Brain

2. What does this 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.

4. Left Brain- Is this you? • 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.

5. Left Brain- Is this you? • 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

6. Left Brain

7. Characteristics of being left brain! • 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.

8. Characteristics of being left brain! • 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

9. Left Brain

10. Right Brain- Is this you? • 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.

11. Right brain- Is this you? • 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.

12. Right Brain

13. Right Brain • 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.

14. Right Brain • 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.

15. Characteristics of Right Brain • 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