The right hemisphere of the brain is devoted to the creative aspects of learning and depends on music, visual stimulation, color, and pictures to process information. The left brain enables learners to deal with language, math, and problems requiring analysis.

Staff development specialists must recognize the right- and left-brain characteristics in their learners and plan programs that stimulate the use of both hemispheres to achieve successful educational outcomes.

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