Abstract
The present study aims at answering the question of whether there is any relationship between brain hemisphericity and non-routine problem solving skills of prospective teachers. One hundred twenty-three prospective teachers participated in the study. The Brain Hemisphericity Test and Non-routine Problem Solving Test were used to evaluate participants' brain dominance and achievement in solving non-routine problems. Spearman Rank Correlation Test results showed that there is no link between cerebral dominance and success in non-routine problem solving. This finding may imply that left- or right-brained students can be equally successful in non-routine problem solving. Besides, it can be encouraging to use non-routine problems in math teaching without any limitation in the sense of brain dominance.
Highlights
The brain is the master controller of a network that transmits and controls any information sent to and from the other areas of the body [1]. It consists of a great number of neural networks, and the complexity of these neural networks determines the level of thinking ability from the low order thinking skills to high order thinking skills such as critical, creative, logical, analytical, and reflective thinking ability
To obtain general information about the participants’ success in non-routine problem solving, descriptive statistics based on scores obtained from the Non-routine Problem Solving Test (NPST) were used
Since this study mainly aims at determining any linkage between non-routine problem solving and brain hemisphericity, results of the Spearman Rank Correlation Test are important and decisive
Summary
The brain is the master controller of a network that transmits and controls any information sent to and from the other areas of the body [1]. On the contrary, controlling the left lateral side of the body, the right hemisphere operates in a non-linear, simultaneous fashion and deals with non-verbal information, and is specialized for visuo-spatial thought. As Roubinek, Bell, & Cates [6] stated, the fact that people tend to have a preference for either the left or right hemisphere does not mean that they do not use both hemispheres. Instead, both hemispheres are involved in processing of information
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