Hemisphere Dominance Inventory

1. If you had to give someone directions to your house‚ which of the following methods would you most likely use?
a.    Write a paragraph that explains where and when to turn
b.    Draw a road map
2. Which of the following are you better at solving?
a.    Jigsaw puzzle
b.    Crossword puzzle
3. Do you remember faces easily?
a.    Yes
b.    No
4. Do you think you’d earn higher grades in a geometry class or in an algebra class?
a.    geometry
b.    algebra
5. Imagine that you’re vacationing at a resort. Which of the following would you most likely do?
a.    Obtain a brochure of local attractions and plan what you’d like to do for the day
b.    Drive around without a plan and decide what you’d like to do as you drive along
6. Was it usually easy or difficult to learn grammar in school?
a.    difficult
b.    easy
7. Imagine enrolling in a music course. You and a partner in the course must write a song. Which of the following would you prefer to do?
a.    Write the lyrics
b.    Compose the melody
8. When you read a new chapter in a textbook‚ which of the following are you most likely to do?
a.    Skim through the entire chapter first to get a general idea of what the chapter is about
b.    Read the chapter from beginning to end without doing much skimming
9. In which of the following English classes would you most likely enroll?
a.    Journalism
b.    Creative writing
10. Imagine that you volunteered to work for the school newspaper. Which of the following would you rather do?
a.    Cut and paste and lay out the stories and decide which stories should appear where
b.    Write one or two of the stories
11. After reading a new chapter in a textbook‚ which of the following would you rather do?
a.    summarize the chapter
b.    outline the chapter
12. If you had an important project due in a class‚ would you prefer to work?
a.    in a group
b.    alone
13. Which of the following classroom situations do you prefer?
a.    A teacher announces assignments on a weekly basis and sets specific weekly due dates
b.    A teacher announces all the assignments at the beginning of the course and allows you to complete them at any time before the end of the course
14. Which of the following statements best applies to you?
a.    I’m good at guessing a person’s mood by his or her body language
b.    I’m not good at guessing a person’s mood by his or her body language
15. Which of the following would you rather play?
a.    Scrabble
b.    Checkers
16. With which of the following statements do you most agree?
a.    We should continue exploring outer space since one day this exploration may benefit us
b.    We should continue exploring outer space only if we can be sure ahead of time of certain benefits we would receive
 
 
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