My preference seems to be fairly even as I responded to 10 questions as a right brained person and 9 as a left. I do feel this balance definitely helps me reach all of my students in a way that fosters their own preference to learning. As we all have probably discovered, teaching something one way obviously doesn't work for all students. For example, the task of decoding words for some of my students needs to be processed through a multi-sensory approach; skywriting sounds, tracing sandpaper letters with their fingers and all that jazz, whereas some of my other students just need the words in a sentence and "Tada!"
I would love to explore left brain and right brain dominance with my high functioning autistic children. I would find this information fascinating and probably incredibly useful for me to help them develop a balance between their left and right brain. I would gather that most are left brain dominant.
On a lighter note, I'm left handed but swing a bat right handed, kick with my right foot and play the guitar right handed. I wonder how telling ambidextrous is to left and right brain balance?
~Nora
K-2nd Communications Class~Franconia Elementary
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Good insights and connections to your students. The use of non-dominant hands is an interesting aside. I'm a solid righty, but I play hockey left-handed and can bat righty or lefty. I sweep with a broom from "both sides" depending on where I'm working at the time. Piano, guitar, bass and drums give each hand a chance to work quite independently....Dave
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