ERIC Number: ED270474
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 9
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Differences in Information Mapping Strategies in Left and Right Brain Learners.
Hauck, LaVerne S., Jr.
The Information Mapping technique was used to present a learning packet, and its usefulness in helping right-brain cerebrally dominant students to achieve the same level of subject mastery as their left-brain counterparts was examined. Reading level, grade point average, and gender were also analyzed. Torrance's "Your Style of Learning and Thinking" (SOLAT) was used to categorize cerebral dominance as left; right; integrated (both hemispheres used simultaneously; or mixed (one or the other hemisphere used as needed). Subjects were 199 male and female eighth grade students in a high school industrial arts class. The learning packet used the information mapping strategy, providing visual organization and functioning as an advance organizer. A 30-item multiple choice posttest assessed learning. Results indicated a significant difference between hemispheric dominance and test scores; subjects with an integrated style scored higher than left dominant students. Integrated or right style students had a higher reading level than left style students. There was no gender difference in hemispheric dominance, but males scored higher on the test. High test scores, grades, or reading level predicted high scores on the other two measures. It was concluded that information mapping was a viable means of presenting information. A short bibliography is appended. (GDC)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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