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LESSON: THE POWER OF BRAIN

So what if you are right-brained or left-brained? Have you ever heard people
describe

Themselves as strictly “right-brained” or “left-brained”? Of course, the left-


brainers would brag

About their math skills and the right brainers would tout about their
creativity. The reason for this

Is because each hemisphere provides a different set of functions, behaviors,


and controls. The

Right hemisphere is often called the creative side of the brain, while the left
hemisphere is the

Logical or analytical side of the brain.

Roger Sperry’s in his Split-Brain Experiment examined the way the human
brain’s hemispheres

Operate independently and in sync with one another. The brain’s right
hemisphere controls the

Muscles on the left side of the human body, while the left hemisphere
controls the muscles on

The right side of the body. So for example, when you wink your right eye that
is the left side of
Your brain at work. Due to this crisscross wiring, when one side of the brain
gets damaged, the

Opposite side of the body is affected.

Generally, the left hemisphere is dominant in language. It processes what


you hear and is

In-charge of handling most of the duties of speaking. In addition, it also


carries out logic and

Exact mathematical computations. When you need to retrieve a fact, your


left brain pulls it from

Your memory.

On the other hand, the right hemisphere is mainly in charge of spatial


abilities, face recognition

And processing music. It performs some math, but only rough estimations
and comparisons.

The brain’s right side is also in-charge of understanding visual images so that
everything we see

Would make sense. It plays a role in language, particularly in interpreting not


just context but a
Person’s tone as well.

Right Brain vs. Left Brain Dominance & Its Learning Implications

According to Cherry (2016), left-brain students are good at linear and


sequential processing,

Such as involved in language and math. Left brain students are also good at
planning and

Following directions. These students easily learn information in lecture-style,


teaching approach.

Right-brain students can process information more holistically. They learn by


understanding the

Big-picture and not the details. They tend to be visual and not language
oriented. This means

They find it difficult to follow a lecture-style teaching approach. Right-brain


students need to

Know why they are doing something, Right-brain students can benefit from
reviewing material

Before class to understand the bigger picture, and to understand the context
for details that will

Be taught in class.
Left-brain students can easily express themselves in words. This is a large
part of what is

Expected in class participation and in assignments, Right-brain students may


know what they

Want to say, but often have trouble finding the right words.

A left-brain student is good with symbolic language and mathematics, and


can easily memorize

Vocabulary words or math formulas. A right-brain student needs to see, feel,


or touch the real

Object. Right-brain students prefer hands-on activities, and need to draw out
a math or other

Problem to understand it. They also need diagrams or illustrations to help


visualize the problem

Or solution.

Right-brain students learn visually, not by listening to a lecture-style class.


They must take

Extensive notes, and use diagrams and drawings to make information more
visual, to facilitate
Learning the information. They also need to make a mental image of things
they hear or read in

Order to remember the information.

Left-brain students are good note takers and list makers. They are also good
at planning and

Scheduling. This means they are good at completing assignments. Right-


brain students tend to

Approach things randomly. They tend to not make study schedules, and jump
around from one

Task to another without regard to priorities. Right-brain students may be late


with an assignment,

Not because they were not working hard, but because they were working on
a lower priority

Assignment. Right-brain students need extra effort in reading instructions to


ensure they

Understand the assignment. They also need extra effort in making


assignment lists and study

Schedules.

Left-brain students are better at writing and spelling, since it involves


sequencing and organizing
Of letters and words. Right-brain students require more time to write a
paper, and require more

Revisions to get it spelling checkers and proof reading for their assignments.
Right-brain

Students tend to be more creative, but have more trouble than left-brain
students with the

Mechanics of writing and communicating.

To facilitate more learning among adolescents like you (and even among
adults like us), a new

Technique has begun – entirely different from the traditional methods and
techniques of learning.

This is known as Mind Mapping Technique – a learning technique which uses


both the right and

Left sides of our brain.

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