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Eventually, high school students have to face a number of important tests that will challenge their memories and gauge the knowledge they’ve acquired over their many years in school. Even if the student has left school, he or she won’t escape the tests, if there’s a wish to pursue higher education.

At the very least a GRE will be required. From the GRE, to the SAT, to the Act, to the PSAT, or the LSAT, tests in English and Math will be in the students’ future. If you’ve ever heard the terms “right brain” or “left brain,” you may be familiar with the concept that most people are good in the use of language or math, but not both.

Essentially, for convenience’s sake, the brain may be thought of in two halves – “right” and “left” brains. People whose minds seem to focus on the right side of the brain tend to be more intuitive, doing well with instructions which can be visually demonstrated; they tend to solve problems by instinct or hunches, and they look for patterns in the chaos around them, finding like items; overall, they’re more spontaneous and freer with their feelings, and abstract information. A person operating from the left side of his or her brain, however, tends to be more rational. He or she likes instructions to be verbal, and solves problems logically, and by looking at for a sequence and the parts of things. Instead of seeking out simlarities, the left-brained person focuses on differences. This person tends to be planned, structured, and wants established information and likes to have feelings under control. This kind of student prefers multiple choice tests.

The right brained person tends to be more creative in approach, and usually is better with language skills and less so with mathematical skills. For this person, working with math puzzles in order to enhance his or her base of knowledge seems like it would be a “no-brainer,” so to speak. Puzzles appeal to the intuitive nature of the right-brained individual. There are gaps of information that need to be arrived at, possibly by hunches and guesses.

But what about the left-brained person?

Obviously the individual living primarily in the left hemisphere of the brain will want to brush up on his vocabulary. And as for mathematics? This person may have an advantage over the right-brained individual, but this doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be any practice at all. For a person used to sequencing and the rational, math flashcards might work best.

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