How Teachers Link Ideas in Mathematics Instruction Using Speech and Gesture: A Corpus Analysis

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-100

  Alibali, Martha W ^a   Nathan, Mitchell J ^a   Wolfgram, Matthew S ^b   Church, R Breckinridge ^c   Jacobs, Steven A ^d   Johnson Martinez, Chelsea ^e   Knuth, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Highland Community College   (United States)

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EID: 84891652541     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2013.858161     Document Type: Article

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