The gestures ASL signers use tell us when they are ready to learn math

Cognition

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 448-453

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Shield, Aaron ^a   Lenzen, Daniel ^a   Herzig, Melissa ^b   Padden, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture; Learning; Mathematics; Mismatch; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 84859714544     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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