Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Using cerebral dominance for education programs.

L J Zalewski1, C A Sink, D J Yachimowicz

  • 1College of Education, Governors State University.

The Journal of General Psychology
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Reliability estimates of the Purpose in Life and Seeking Noetic Goals tests with rural and metropolitan-area adolescents.

Perceptual and motor skills·1998
Same author

Comparisons among neo-Lurian assessment measures of brain-injured adults.

Psychological reports·1994
Same author

Self-regulated learning and achievement by middle-school children.

Psychological reports·1991
Same author

Management of trauma to the fifth metatarsal bone.

The Journal of foot surgery·1989
Same author

Exploration into the pathologic sinus tarsi.

The Journal of foot surgery·1989
Same author

Burns of the lower extremity: surgical and nonsurgical considerations and treatment.

The Journal of foot surgery·1989

This study questions the validity of the Your Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT) survey for assessing cerebral dominance in education. Results indicate the SOLAT is unreliable for categorizing students based on learning styles.

Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Classroom instructional methods sometimes rely on the concept of cerebral dominance.
  • The connection between hemispheric laterality and educational practices is debated.
  • The Your Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT) survey is used to assess individual differences in cerebral dominance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the psychometric properties of the SOLAT.
  • To determine if the SOLAT accurately measures cerebral dominance.
  • To evaluate the reliability and validity of the SOLAT for educational assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Principal factor analysis to examine construct validity.
  • Internal consistency and test-retest reliability analyses.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Comparison of SOLAT performance between brain-injured and normal adults.

    • Main Results:

    • Factor analysis yielded a seven-factor solution, contradicting cerebral dominance theory.
    • Internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients were low to moderate.
    • No significant differences were found between brain-injured and normal adults, except in one instance.

    Conclusions:

    • The study's findings do not support the concept of hemisphericity as measured by the SOLAT.
    • The SOLAT is not a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing learning styles.
    • Educators should refrain from using the SOLAT to categorize students' preferred information processing modes.