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Gibson, Dominic J.; Gunderson, Elizabeth A.; Spaepen, Elizabet; Levine, Susan C.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Developmental Science, 2019
When asked to explain their solutions to a problem, children often gesture and, at times, these gestures convey information that is different from the information conveyed in speech. Children who produce these gesture-speech "mismatches" on a particular task have been found to profit from instruction on that task. We have recently found…
Descriptors: Numbers, Nonverbal Communication, Teaching Methods, Speech Communication
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Wakefield, Elizabeth; Novack, Miriam A.; Congdon, Eliza L.; Franconeri, Steven; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Developmental Science, 2018
Teaching a new concept through gestures--hand movements that accompany speech--facilitates learning above-and-beyond instruction through speech alone (e.g., Singer & Goldin-Meadow, 2005). However, the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are still under investigation. Here, we use eye tracking to explore one often proposed…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Attention, Teaching Methods, Nonverbal Communication
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Hirai, Masahiro; Kanakogi, Yasuhiro – Developmental Science, 2019
The theory of natural pedagogy has proposed that infants can use ostensive signals, including eye contact, infant-directed speech, and contingency to learn from others. However, the role of bodily gestures, such as hand-waving, in social learning has been largely ignored. To address this gap in the literature, this study sought to determine…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Teaching Methods, Infants, Infant Behavior