Consolidation and transfer of learning after observing hand gesture

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1863-1871

  Cook, Susan Wagner ^a   Duffy, Ryan G ^b   Fenn, Kimberly M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OBSERVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84887369890     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12097     Document Type: Article

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