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Peer reviewedPreen, Bryan S.; Townsend, Diana O. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Suggests that "Johnny can't read" because of high testosterone levels in fetal development and subsequent poor brain lateralization. Presents instructional strategies based on the principle of factorized teaching for each of three discrete lateralization categories. Notes that the use of factorized teaching appears to have improved diagnostic and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textMacRae-Campbell, Linda – 1989
New views of intelligence and cognitive learning styles highlight ways to increase educational effectiveness by improving instructional methods. Research shows that both hemispheres of the brain play a role in learning, but evidence indicates that one hemisphere may be more aroused than the other in the case of a particular child. Individuals with…
Descriptors: Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education
