Must students climb Bloom’s taxonomy?

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Check GHC Inform each weekday this month to anonymously test your ability to distinguish fact from fiction. The correct answer to each question will be posted in GHC Inform the following day. Don’t delay! Each question can accept up to 40 responses.

People are dominantly left or right brained, determining whether a person is more creative or logical. (False: 88% correct)

False: Left/right brain dominance is a myth. Multiple areas on both sides of the brain work together in synthesis in all thinking tasks. This is aided by the corpus callosum which links the sides of the brain.

Nielsen, J. A., Zielinski, B. A., Ferguson, M. A., Lainhart, J. E., Anderson, J. S., & He, Y. (2013). An evaluation of the left-brain vs. right-brain hypothesis with resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging. PLoS One, 8, 8.