1st
Week Exploration - Brain
Dominance Survey
According to the theory of left-brain
or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls
different types of thinking.
Additionally, people are said to
prefer one type of thinking over the other.
For example, a person who is "left-brained"
is often said to be more logical, analytical, and objective.
A person who is
"right-brained" is said to be more intuitive, thoughtful, and
subjective.
The Right Brain According to the left-brain,
right-brain dominance theory, the right side of the brain is best at
expressive and creative tasks. Some of the abilities popularly associated
with the right side of the brain include:
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The Left Brain The left-side of the brain is considered to be adept at tasks that involve logic,
language, and analytical thinking. The left-brain is
described as being better at:
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However, I am told this is pop
psychology and a myth.
Read the following article:
https://www.verywell.com/left-brain-vs-right-brain-2795005
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But here at FSCJ it appears almost
all 22 chemistry professors favor their left brain. I think I do, but my survey
shows very little difference 10 Left-9 Right
Experimentation many years ago has
shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are
responsible for different manners of thinking.
The following table illustrates the differences between left-brain and
right-brain thinking:
Most individuals have a distinct
preference for one of these styles of thinking.
Some, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes.
In general, schools tend to favor
left-brain modes of thinking, while down playing the right-brain ones.
Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis,
and accuracy.
Right-brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics,
feeling, and creativity.
So here we are in CHM 1020, Liberal
Arts Chemistry, taught by those professors who favor their left brain.
But this special chemistry is also designed for the right brain student, ( except for my nursing/allied health majors and computer
science majors who make up a portion of our class are probably left brain
dominance).
So,
which are you?
My problem is how to design the course for students with either brain
dominance.
There is a short inventory at (Inventory is third screen inside this web
site):
http://capone.mtsu.edu/studskl/hd/learn.html
I took it and came out 10 right
brain, 9 left brain-result neither side is really dominant.
(Probably 30 years ago I would have
been strong left, maybe 15-4.)
If you do it, send me the result via an email subject:
20A7: Left-Right Brain
Inventory (A7 online)
20A15: Left-Right Brain
Inventory
(A15
F2F-Deerwood)
20A15H: Left-Right Brain
Inventory
(A15 Hybrid-Deer
20B12: Left-Right Brain
Inventory
(B12 Online)
20B12F: Left-Right
Brain Inventory (B12- F2F-North)
20B12H: Left-Right
Brain Inventory (B-12
Hybrid-South
include in the body your numeric results (#X
Left-#Y Right).