Interesting post re: teacher's use of gestures and children's math performance over on the DI bog.
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Gestures and Mathematical Performance
".....In Susan Goldin-Meadow's recent study with 160 elementary schoolers, kids performed far better on a series of math questions when their teachers instructions included specific meaningful hand gestures, as compared to other groups who received only abstract or no hand gestures."Technorati Tags: education, psychology, educational psychology, math, visual spatial, Gv, gestures, CHC theory
