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Ping, Raedy M.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Including gesture in instruction facilitates learning. Why? One possibility is that gesture points out objects in the immediate context and thus helps ground the words learners hear in the world they see. Previous work on gesture's role in instruction has used gestures that either point to or trace paths on objects, thus providing support for this…
Descriptors: Symbolic Language, Nonverbal Communication, Pretests Posttests, Models
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Goodnow, Jacqueline J.; Friedman, Sarah – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Results of this study suggest the feasibility of using concepts from studies of spoken language for experimental studies of graphic performance. (Authors)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Data Analysis, Freehand Drawing, Nonverbal Communication