Exploring Individual Differences: A Case for Measuring Children's Spontaneous Gesture Production as a Predictor of Learning From Gesture Instruction
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DOI: 10.1111/tops.12722
Abstract: Decades of research have established that learners benefit when instruction includes hand gestures. This benefit is seen when learners watch an instructor gesture, as well as when they are taught or encouraged to gesture themselves.… read more here.
Keywords: spontaneous gesture; gesture; learning gesture; instruction ... See more keywords
Teaching Analogical Reasoning With Co-speech Gesture Shows Children Where to Look, but Only Boosts Learning for Some
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575628
Abstract: In general, we know that gesture accompanying spoken instruction can help children learn. The present study was conducted to better understand how gesture can support children’s comprehension of spoken instruction and whether the benefit of… read more here.
Keywords: instruction; gesture instruction; gesture; analogical reasoning ... See more keywords