2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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/
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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
