Gesture in Instruction: Evidence from Live and Video Lessons

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 301-315

  Koumoutsakis, Theodora ^a   Church, Ruth Breckinridge ^b   Alibali, Martha W ^c   Singer, Melissa ^d   Ayman Nolley, Saba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture; Learning; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FACTORIAL DESIGN; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; SPEECH; STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84964329627     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-016-0234-z     Document Type: Article

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