Gesture enhances learning of a complex statistical concept

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Rueckert, Linda ^a   Church, Ruth Breckinridge ^a   Avila, Andrea ^a   Trejo, Theresa ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iconic Gesture; Representational Gesture; Spatial Concept; Speech Content; Video Instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053444538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23657464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41235-016-0036-1     Document Type: Article

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