Student gestures aid penetrative thinking

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-72

  Atit, Kinnari ^a   Gagnier, Kristin ^a   Shipley, Thomas F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture; Penetrative thinking

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EARTH SCIENCE; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 84923174473     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/14-008.1     Document Type: Article

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