Representing space: Exploring the relationship between gesturing and geoscience understanding in children

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7463 LNAI, Issue , 2012, Pages 405-415

  Matlen, Bryan J ^a   Atit, Kinnari ^b   Göksun, Tilbe ^c   Rau, Martina A ^a   Ptouchkina, Maria ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CAPGEMINI   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Geoscience Education; Gesture; Spatial Reasoning

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION; GEOSCIENCES; GESTURE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL REASONING; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 84868261111     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32732-2_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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