Teachers' gestures and speech in mathematics lessons: Forging common ground by resolving trouble spots

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 425-440

  Alibali, Martha W ^a   Nathan, Mitchell J ^a   Church, R Breckinridge ^b   Wolfgram, Matthew S ^c   Kim, Suyeon ^d   Knuth, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Anyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Classroom communication; Common ground; Gesture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891654313     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0476-0     Document Type: Article

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