Assessing knowledge conveyed in gesture: Do teachers have the upper hand?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-193

  Alibali, Martha Wagner ^a   Flevares, Lucia M ^b,c   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0031518285     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.1.183     Document Type: Article

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