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ERIC Number: EJ648241
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Gestures: Their Role in Teaching and Learning.
Roth, Wolff-Michael
Review of Educational Research, v71 n3 p365-92 Fall 2001
Reviews existing literature on gestures and teaching in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and education and, in the context of several concrete analyses of gesture use, articulates some focal questions relevant to educational research on knowing, learning, and teaching. (SLD)
Descriptors: Body Language, Educational Research, Knowledge Level, Learning, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hand Gestures
Note: Research supported in part by Grant 410-99-0021 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHR) of Canada and another SSHR grant administered by the University of Victoria.