Cognitive Processes in Teaching and Learning
Cultural Emphasis on Thought Processes English Semitic Oriental Romance
Cultural Emphasis on Cognitive Processes Psychical Experience Psychical Experience Concepts Concrete Relationships Concrete Relationships Concepts West China Source: David Hesselgrave, Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally, p. 303
Hemisphericity and Learning Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere Verbal Non-verbal Analytic Synthetic Symbolic Concrete Abstract Analogic Temporal Non-temporal Rational Non-rational Digital Spatial Logical Intuitive Linear Holistic Logical-Analytic Gestalt-Synthetic Verbal knowledge and usage Pragmatic and semantic processing Decoding and producing speech Spatial exploration & orientation Naming and codifying Visual-constructive tasks (copying designs; visual memory) Classifying and categorizing Visual closure or gestalt completion Programming rapid motor sequences Artistic and aesthetic comprehension Time-oriented stimulus sequencing Simultaneous, configurational stimulus processing (enables face recognition, melodic and chord processing aspects of music)
Map of Brain Cognitive Tasks Perception/Reception: Thinking: Modality Preference: Kinesthetic vs Visual vs Auditory Classification: Serial vs. Holistic Pattern recognition: Analytic vs Holistic Analogical Reasoning: Response Stimulus Tight vs Loose Frame of Reference: Global vs Articulated Judgment: Actuarial vs Intuitive Attention: Extensive/Intensive vs Limited/Diffuse Memory: Thought Memory: Body Memory: Representation: Proprioceptive Analytic vs Analog (muscular sensation) Tactile Organization: Auditory Conceptual Complexity Gustatory Olfactory Retrieval: Visual Convergent vs. Divergent