Researchers at the University of Chicago experimented on approximately 176 students in third and fourth grade. The researchers randomly assigned the children different gestures, no gestures, and not told anything. They were looking to find how the students solved the 6 math problems given. On a videotape, they recorded how the students explained the problem using their gestures. Children who were told to move their hands when explaining how they solved the problems were 4x as likely to solve the problems correctly. The findings concluded that body movement not only helps students and people to think better. Gesturing may be more accessible, and break through the roadblock. A report on these findings appears in the November issue of JEP: General, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071104191551.htm]
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