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Hruby, George G. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
In literacy education, neuroscience research has been alluded to increasingly in work meant to substantiate cognitive models of the reading process related to text decoding and its instruction. As a result, this material tends to focus on early reading or reading disability and dyslexia (e.g., Hudson, High, & Al Otaiba, 2007; Shaywitz, 2003). It…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Early Reading, Educational Psychology, Educational Practices
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Dobbs, Susan – Roeper Review, 1989
The article reviews recent research in neurobiology. It discusses the confusion surrounding hemisphericity research and the dangers of its literal translation into classroom practice, urging that focus be more appropriately shifted to the curriculum. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices
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Raina, Maharaj – International Review of Education, 1979
This paper describes recent advances in split-brain research and summarizes the qualities characterizing the two cerebral hemispheres. Traditional patterns of education, it is argued, are inadequate since they concentrate almost exclusively on the left hemisphere. Teaching strategies and school experiences are suggested to accelerate right…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style