Students learn more when their teacher has learned to gesture effectively

Gesture

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-233

  Alibali, Martha W ^a   Young, Andrew G ^a   Crooks, Noelle M ^a   Yeo, Amelia ^a   Wolfgram, Matthew S ^b   Ledesma, Iasmine M ^a   Nathan, Mitchell J ^a   Church, Ruth Breckinridge ^c   Knuth, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebra; Gesture; Instruction; Mathematics learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891645321     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.13.2.05ali     Document Type: Article

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