Gestures in the mathematics classroom: What's the point?

Developmental Cognitive Science Goes to School

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 219-234

  Alibali, Martha W ^a   Nathan, Mitchell J ^a   Fujimori, Yuka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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