Moving to Learn: How Guiding the Hands Can Set the Stage for Learning

Cognitive Science

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1831-1849

  Brooks, Neon ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Embodied cognition; Gesture; Mathematical equivalence

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84945260802     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: 15516709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12292     Document Type: Article

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