Our brain and its learning styles have always been in a constant state of change and thus it’s ever evolving. The brain is divided into two major areas, the left and the right brain; they both impact our learning abilities differently. Today, a closer look at the fundamental question of the left brain vs. the right brain and how this impacts our overall learning will be explained. According to (Scannell & Burnett, 2010) the term learning can be broken down as “the sum of patterns utilized by an individual.” There are two sides of the brain which directly impact learning and create different ways of receiving, storing and responding to information which ultimately impacts our overall learning process.
Unquestionably, the left brain impacts our learning by utilizing successive hemispheric style, which in addition is also considered analytical. The focus of the left brain is verbal which is to process information in an analytical, meaning sequential and organized way. The left brain is mainly credited with the advancement of learning by impacting strong logic, analysis, thinking and reading which can be very advantageous when growing up young and attending school. This is proved very beneficial because our primary education system is focused on the left brainers, learning abilities and enhancement of their knowledge. The left brain first looks at the pieces then arranges them together to get the whole big picture. A strong left brain individual prefers to learn in a step-by-step sequential format, beginning with details leading to a conceptual understanding of a skill or task to perform.
Furthermore, the left brain impacts our learning and information processing in a verbal manner. (Budd Jr., 1997) states that the verbal manner me...
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...arns through hands on example, utilizing visuals, performing and demonstrating these tasks or activities. Learning is impacted by both sides of the brain, these areas maybe dominant in their own ways, weather it is receiving, translating, storing or responding to perceived information.
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First, in the magazine article “Brainology,” Carol S. Dweck asserted that the way that students learn and how well they do in school
The author explains that in many businesses, abilities associated with the left side of the brain used to matter the most. These include lin...
Over the past few decades popular culture has conditioned us to think that the way we learn depends on our personality and cognitive style. We have been taught that we are all either right-brained or left-brained thinkers, a theory called brain lateralization. The thought comes from the fact that certain functions come from one side of the brain or the other. Thus, if you are a logical thinker then you are left-brained, and if you are the creative type then you are right-brained. Unfortunately, none of this is true. Brain lateralization, at least in this function, has never been proven, or even supported, by science.
First, Let us explore on the functions of each hemisphere of the brain and how it works. The left hemisphere is associated with being logical. The right hemisphere of the brain is related with being emotional. The majority of the population is known to be right handed; therefore, the left side of the brain is controlling the right side of the body. The human brain is a very complex organ. The communication between these two hemispheres is accomplished by a series of electrical and chemical signals between neurons; the electrical process communicates through the movement from four ions: sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride. On the other hand, the chemical communication process contains chemical messengers such as dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and acetylcholine, just to name a few (Wolfe, 2010). After reviewing some basic points in the transmission of communication between neurons, let us focus on learning and the brain.
The two hemispheres of the brain are the left and the right hemisphere. Each having it's own unique purpose and function. The two hemispheres are separated by a fold down the middle connected only by a thick nerve cable called the corpus callosum. The Left hemisphere is thought to be the logical side controlling speech, reading, writing, details, facts, maths and science and rational, literal, practical analysis. The right hemisphere is seen as controlling the intuitive, creative side of life, with spatial perception, symbols and images, face recognition, imagination, beliefs and fantasy. (Vered, 2013, www.brainskills.co.uk)
The learning process in human beings is very natural, and we all want to learn from a very young age. Doctor Rita Smilkstein studied learning in humans for many years and has found this to be true. After reading this paper and learning about how the brain works during the learning process, you may be able to find a time in your life where you utilized the learning process, just as I began to think about how I have learned something using techniques similar to the NHLP. (“We're Born to Learn: Using the Brain's Natural Learning Process to Create Today’s Curriculum”)
“Right-brained” or “left-brained” is a concept that has been manipulated by the media, it’s not supported by solid science. The myth of a “right-brain” person is generally creative, intuitive, artsy, while a left-brain person is more of a problem-solver, more direct, logical. Somehow the real meaning was lost in translation, so I’ll explain. The brain is divided into two sides, called hemispheres. The left hemisphere
A classroom of thirty is filled with a diverse group of students that think in all different ways. Each child’s brain processes informat...
“Right-brained” or “left-brained” is a concept that has been manipulated by the media, it’s not supported by solid science. The myth of a “right-brain” person is generally creative, intuitive, artsy, while a left-brain person is more of a problem-solver, more direct, logical. Somehow the real meaning was lost in translation, so I’ll explain. The brain is divided into two sides, called hemispheres. The left hemisphere is often described as verbal and the right as
Most education centers focus on speaking, listening, writing, and logic making right brain learners struggle more excessively in the classroom. Right brain learners excel more in a classroom when the lesson involves images, colors, emotions, and/or the lesson is being taught through a story. Putting a child in curriculum that is friendly to the brain will and does make all the difference. However, most children can learn to accept and learn will in left brain curriculum with little to no struggle. Except, it is believed that children who learn slower or have a learning disability are more likely to be right brain learners. Knowing this, teachers can tweak teaching strategies to get all children learning to their best abilities (Right Brain vs. Left Brain). There are definitely compelling ideas relating to right-brain versus left-brain study however we have unveiled reason to be suspicious
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Nowadays, it is widely known that the right and left hemisphere have different functions. The two hemispheres are equally important in a daily life basis. Nevertheless, in the 1960’s this was not common knowledge. Even though today the importance of the brain hemispheres is common knowledge, people don’t usually know to whom attribute this findings. One of the people who contributed to form a more defined picture about the brain hemispheres and their respective functions was Roger Wolcott Sperry, with the split brain research. Roger Sperry did more contributions than the split brain research, but this is his most important and revolutionary research in the psychological field. Thanks to the split brain research, Sperry proved that the two hemispheres of the brain are important, they work together and whatever side of the brain is more capable of doing the task is the hemisphere that takes the lead.
Smilkstein, Rita. We're Born to Learn: Using the Brain's Natural Learning Process to Create Today's Curriculum. Thousand Oaks, Cal. Corwin Press, 2003.
Smith, E. E. and Kosslyn, S. M. (2009). Cognitive psychology: Mind and brain. New Jersey: Pearson Education
...re of the brain is just half of the brain so why is it the only half being explored in school? This failure to confront the other hemisphere causes weakening in the right hemisphere since the right hemisphere isn?t being exercised.