Gestures: Their role in teaching and learning

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 365-392

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035438002     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543071003365     Document Type: Article

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