I took the test for Right Brain/Left Brain functioning and it came up with the score of 47% left and 53% right. After reading further about how the RB/LB people learn, I think that score is accurate for me. I like to learn by reading, but take notes for it in a logical, orderly fashion. Math is best learned by watching several of the same type of problem done and then trying it myself. However, hearing something in a song will make me remember it forever, and writing it creatively will cement it in my mind, as well.
After reading the other two sections I chose: Right Brain Learning and Left Brain Learning, I think I maybe intuitively provide for both types of learners in my classroom. I actually give my kids an Intelligence Inventory to start the year and it gives me a really good idea of what types of activities will help my kids learn best. For instance, we just finished a geometry unit in my 4th grade classroom. After learning all the different concepts and vocabulary, we put it all together in a picture made by using different geometric shapes. In addition, the students had to study their picture and write a paragraph "introducing" their figure to us and explaining how many angles, shapes, parallel lines, etc. were in it. The students truly enjoyed it, and I think that's because it brought together both types of learning - creative and analytical.
I always try to put a little of both types of learning into my lessons. Math seems to be the easiest to incorporate both. I think you can easily see what types of learners your students are by the way they complete their activities.
ReplyDeleteI agree - Math is easy to tweak so that it fits all kinds of learners. There are such varied obstacles that children encounter with Reading that I think it's harder to incorporate higher-level skills because the basics are so hard for some to master. Maybe that's true of Math, as well - but it seems to be easier for me to balance the LB/RB thing in Math.
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