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Do Gestures Improve Learning? Baby Steps Toward a Conclusion
The idea that “gestures improve learning” has be increasingly popular in recent years. I first…
Should Teachers Explain or Demonstrate?
If I were a chess teacher, I would want my newbies to understand … ……
Teachers’ Gestures Can Help Students Learn
Over the years, I’ve written about the importance of “embodied cognition.” In other words: we…