Preschool children’s foreign language vocabulary learning by embodying words through physical activity and gesturing

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 445-456

  Toumpaniari, Konstantina ^a   Loyens, Sofie ^a,b   Mavilidi, Myrto Foteini ^a,c   Paas, Fred ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University College Roosevelt   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Gesturing; Learning; Physical activity; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943352541     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-015-9316-4     Document Type: Review

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