Dominance Factor
Like learning styles, and theories of multiple intelligences, knowing your child’s dominant eye, ear, brain, hand, and foot can improve his/her learning. I will be asking your help in identifying whether your child is right or left brain dominant. These patterns of lateral dominance greatly influence the way that information is internally processed by the individual and consequently the kinds of learning activities one prefers. If we know a students dominance profile we can accommodate educational practices, identify communication challenges when stress, and create strategies for success.
The goal of dominance profiles is to see unique strengths and difficulties more objectively, more flexibly, and with deeper understanding. Dominance Profiles become doorways to new and constructive insights into individuals rather than labels which confine and limit their view of themselves and their potential.
Logic
Processes from pieces to whole, parts of language, syntax, semantics, letters, printing, spelling, numbers, techniques, analysis, logic, looks for differences, controls feelings, language oriented, planned, structured, sequential thinking, future oriented, time conscious, structure oriented
Gestalt
Process from whole to pieces, language comprehension, image, emotion, meaning, rhythm, dialect, application, estimation,flow, movement, intuition, looks for similarities, free with feelings, prefers drawing, manipulation, spontaneous, fluid, simultaneous thinking, now oriented, less time sense, people oriented
UNDER STRESS
Logic
Tries harder, lots of effort, without results, without comprehension, without joy, without understanding, may appear mechanical, tense, insensitive
UNDER STRESS
Gestalt
Loses the ability to reason well, acts without thinking, feels overwhelmed, has trouble expressing, cannot remember details, may appear emotional or spaced-out
LOGIC HEMISPHERE (usually on the left side) deals with detail, the parts and processes of language and linear analysis.
GESTALT HEMISPHERE (usually on the right side)- whole-prcessing or global– deals with images, rhythm, emotion and intuition.
The CORPUS CALLOSUM between the hemispheres acts as a superhighway allowing quick access to both linear detail in the logic hemisphere and the overall image in the gestalt hemisphere. When there is good communication between the two halves, the result is integrated thought. The more that both hemispheres are activated by use, the more connections form across the corpus callosum. The more connections, the faster the processing between both hemispheres and the more intelligently we are able to function.
It is necessary to use both hemispheres of the brain to be maximally proficient at anything.
taken from
The Dominance Factor By Carla Hannaford