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ERIC Number: EJ1077364
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Nov
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
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Characterizing Instructor Gestures in a Lecture in a Proof-Based Mathematics Class
Weinberg, Aaron; Fukawa-Connelly, Tim; Wiesner, Emilie
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v90 n3 p233-258 Nov 2015
Researchers have increasingly focused on how gestures in mathematics aid in thinking and communication. This paper builds on Arzarello's (2006) idea of a "semiotic bundle" and several frameworks for describing individual gestures and applies these ideas to a case study of an instructor's gestures in an undergraduate abstract algebra class. We describe the role that the semiotic bundle plays in shaping the potential meanings of gestures; the ways gestural sets create complex relationships between gestures; and the role played by polysemy and abstraction. These results highlight the complex ways in which mathematical meanings--both specific and general--are expressed in gesture, and to highlight the integrated nature of elements of the semiotic bundle.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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