Brain Dominance Patterns and Its Relationship with Students Swimming Teaching Skills

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Department of Curricula and physical education teaching methods, Faculty of Physical Education for Girls. Alexandria University

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This research aimed at identifying the prevalent brain dominance pattern among third grade students (Education section), and the relationship between students' brain dominance patterns and students' swimming teaching skills. The researcher used the descriptive survey approach as it relevant to research nature. Eighty Students particular\ted in the research represent 84% of total students enrolled in third grade (Education Division). Styles of learning and thinking (SOLAT, Torrance et al, Arabized by Morad 1994) and student/teacher teaching skills evaluation form used as data collecting tools. Results revealed that right-brain dominance is the most prevalent pattern
ng student/teacher teaching swimming lesson followed by whole-brain dominance pattern and at last left-brain dominance pattern. Right-brain dominance students exceled in planning skill while students whole-brain dominance students outperformed in the implementation, and left-brain dominance students were distinct in personal and social traits. There are positive correlation between right-brain dominance students and all the teaching skills, followed by whole-brain dominance students. There are correlation between left-brain dominance students and personal and social traits only. Researcher recommended conducting further studies to clarify the relationship between brain dominance and student/teacher teaching skills in various sports activities, conducting longitudinal studies to determine the prevalent brain-dominance pattern in each sport activity, and using current
research results in evaluating student/teacher swimming teaching skills

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