Unit 6

Developing Efficient Learning

Personal Development

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LEARNING TARGETS

At the end of this unit, the learners should be

able to do the following:

● Discuss that understanding the left and right brain may help improve one’s
learning.
● Explore two types of mind-mapping techniques, each suited to right brain- or
left brain-dominant thinking styles.
● Make a plan to improve learning using the left and right brain through mind-
mapping activities.
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VALUES AND ATTITUDES

In this unit, the learners should learn to:

● Recognize the strengths and limitations of one’s defined thinking pattern.

● Exercise intellectual curiosity through discovering mind-mapping techniques.
● Increase resourcefulness, creativity, and productivity by creating a mind map
suitable to one’s thinking pattern.

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Lesson 02
Brain Dominance and Mind Mapping I

Unit 6| Developing Efficient Learning

Personal Development

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DEMONSTRATION

Give Me a Letter

Instructions: Form a huge circle. No one should be left

behind sitting. Everyone should join!

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Give Me a Letter

Do you love organizing things?

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Give Me a Letter

● Lay out your palms and put them on your seatmates' hands. You
should look like you are connected in one circle.
● Touch the hand of the person to your right.
● I will ask a student to give a letter and a category (any topic
under the sun).
● You should give answers based on the category's first letter.
Provide a category only if the answers do not need to start at a
given first letter.
● Answers should be continuous.
● If a student cannot answer, he or she loses the game.
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Give Me a Letter

Example:

No letter
(Continents)

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SUCCESS TIPS

Replicate your brain’s processes and do a mind map.

Aside from being creative and connecting synapses, you
can imitate how your brain functions. When you link
ideas to other ideas, the result is that you learn something
new. This is a huge advantage for students who aim to
understand their lessons better.

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Focus Questions

Focus Questions:
● How did you come up with your answers?
Did you encounter any difficulties in
thinking of your answers to some
categories?
● How can gathering our thoughts help us?
● Why is it important to see what our minds
are capable of doing?
● How can you easily organize information in
your mind?

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MIND MAPS

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Mind Maps

A mind map is an
illustration or diagram that
makes use of ideas
branching from a specific
concept.
Uses for Mind Maps

● They can be used during a brainstorming session.

● They can be used to simplify a difficult concept or process.
● They are useful aids in note-taking or review sessions.
● They are useful aids in coming up with decisions to problems.
● They can be used in presenting information that illustrates the overall
picture of the topic.
● They are used to organize and consolidate relevant and interrelated
information from different sources.

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The Process of Mind Mapping

1. Write a keyword at the center of a piece of paper. Encircle the keyword to

indicate that it is the main topic or subject.

2. Draw several lines around the circle. These lines, or branches, should be
properly labeled with the major ideas or themes related to the keyword.

3. On each branch, draw twigs to indicate subtopics that should be related to the
ideas on the branches.

4. When new data is learned, write it down on the proper twig or branch.

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Lateralization of the Human Brain

● Lateralization refers to the differences of the left hemisphere and right

hemisphere functioning.
● Cerebral dominance is a concept that stresses that one hemisphere plays a
dominant position in regulating intricate cognitive and behavioral processes.

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Mind Mapping Strategies for Left-Brained People

Library Map
The main purpose of this type of
map is to categorize, organize,
and connect information from
multiple sources about a specific
topic without losing vital
information.

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Mind Mapping Strategies for Left-Brained People

Problem-solving Map
This map is done by writing the
problem in the middle of the
paper or board. The group
members make comments about the
problem, which bring about issues
and questions. These issues and
problems are labeled. They are
connected by lines to show how
their concepts are related to each
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Stoplight

STOP CONTINUE START

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Cherry, Kendra. “Left Brain vs. Right Brain Dominance.” Verywell Mind. Updated July 25, 2022.
https://www.verywellmind.com/left-brain-vs-right-brain-2795005.

Katz, Lawrence C. and Manning Rubin. “14 Weird Brain Exercises That Help You Get Smarter.” The Healthy. Updated
March 3, 2021. https://www.thehealthy.com/aging/mind-memory/brain-exercise/

Puderbaugh, Matt and Prabhu D. Emmady. “Neuroplasticity.” National Library of Medicine: National Center for
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