From action to abstraction: Gesture as a mechanism of change

Developmental Review

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-184

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gesture; Learning; Math; Mechanism of change; Piaget; Tower of Hanoi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940772506     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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