Gesturing for oneself

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 175-188

  Zurina, Harun ^a   Williams, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodied mathematics; Fractions; Gestures; Inner speech; Self gestures; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956322010     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-010-9294-x     Document Type: Article

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