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Direct linkPine, Karen J.; Lufkin, Nicola; Messer, David – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This research extends the range of domains within which children's gestures are found to play an important role in learning. The study involves children learning about balance, and the authors locate children's gestures within a relevant model of cognitive development--the representational redescription model (A. Karmiloff-Smith, 1992). The speech…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Readiness, Nonverbal Communication, Children
