Transitions in Concept Acquisition: Using the Hand to Read the Mind.

Goldin-Meadow, Susan; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ471945

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Publication Date: 1993

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Transitions in Concept Acquisition: Using the Hand to Read the Mind.

Goldin-Meadow, Susan; And Others

Psychological Review, v100 n2 p279-97 Apr 1993

A model of the sources and consequences of mismatches between gestures and speech is presented that argues that the transitional knowledge state is the source of the mismatch and that such mismatches signal that a child is in a transitional state of concept acquisition and is ready to learn. (SLD)

Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Knowledge Level, Learning Readiness, Models, Speech

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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