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| |  | Plastic Figurines | Home » » The Dominance Factor: How Knowing Your Dominant Eye, Ear, Brain, Hand, & Foot Can Improve Your Learning | | | | | | | Description: | | Explores an area that has long intrigued scientists and educators: the linkages between the side of the body we favor for seeing, hearing, touching, and moving and the way we think, learn, play, and relate to others. Your Dominance Profile is actually a key factor in shaping the way you think and act. Carla Hannaford shows why, and reveals how knowing your Profile will help you, and your children, to l earn in the way that suits you best, and perform at your highest level. The Dominance Factor clearly explains methods for discovering your Profile that are so simple, non-invasive and easy to learn that even a child can do them. This is a book that parents, teachers, and all of us who need to understand what makes ourselves and others tick, will use and enjoy. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Carla Hannaford | | Paperback:
| 144 pages | | Publisher:
| Great Ocean Pub | | Publication Date:
| April 01, 1997 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0915556316 | | Product Length:
| 7.36 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.38 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.52 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Package Length:
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| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
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75 of 79 found the following review helpful:
 A Right-brainers NightmareJan 30, 1999
I purchased this book several months ago and I have been slowly integrating into my work with special Ed children. Lots of good, solidly backed information that fits so well with Occupational Therapy in the Classroom. However, this book is not friendly towards the right-brained readers like myself. I had to read the muscle-checking section 20 times before I figured it out, and I am still a little confused. Three other OTs and two PT also struggled with her descriptions. I think this will be the downfall of this otherwise wonderful book.
71 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 The next revolution in education and parentingApr 27, 2000
By George Zee
Dr. Carla Hannaford is at the forefront of mind/body/heart integration. We are fortunate to have her sharing her expertise in Smart Moves and the present book. Muscle checking, like Brain Gym exercises, are understandably difficult to master just from a book. For over 20 years, I've been sceptical about muscle checking, wondering if it was due more to subjective variations in the application of pressure. But I begin to see more validity to its use now. Knowing the dominance factors and the 32 dominance profiles is a great help to appreciating our individual differences. There are also many suggestions for integration. One needs to go beyond the simplistic right/left brain dominance theories and even the 8 or 9 multiple intelligences. Education worldwide needs such a revolution in integration through physical movements and the development of heart intelligence and all the senses.
18 of 20 found the following review helpful:
A Goldmine of Kinestetic ResearchSep 07, 2005
By Brian E. Walsh
"Brian E Walsh PhD"
This is the book that started me on a wonderful journey of exploration in the world of accelerated learning. With Dr. Hannaford's companion book, "Smart Moves" I was able to get a solid handle on this facet of learning. When I talk to groups, this is one topic that seems to hold their attention more than anything else.
Brian E. Walsh PhD, author of Unleashing Your Brilliance
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Main question remained unansweredJan 28, 2009
By Bieli
I had great hopes for this book, both for myself and my family. It was certainly easy to read, and to a certain point I felt that the instructions on how to determine the profile were well written.
However, when actually testing I was completely unable to come to a conclusion as to whether I am right or left brained - just to start with! And although many of the factors are obvious, the few that are not left me with too many points of uncertainty. I was unable to conclude and that left me dissatisfied. I think perhaps I would need to see a professional in the field to get to the bottom but I doubt I will. Maybe I am just very balanced. ;-)
To a certain extent the book can be read "backwards" - that is seeing which profile feels most like you and then checking if the dominance profile seems likely to match.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A life-changerJan 22, 2007
By SCM
A great book! Changes the way you know yourself and others - examines the way each of us recieves information and processes it, and how we are effected by stress and learning situations. Gives a start to improving brain intergration, through exercies and recommended activites, depending on your individual profile.
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