Children learn mathematics better when allowed to use their hands to gesture—whether
gesturing spontaneously or instructed to produce specific gestures (Broaders et al., 2007; …

It is well established that gesture facilitates learning, but understanding the best way to
harness gesture and how gesture helps learners are still open questions. Here, we consider …

Producing gesture can be a powerful tool for facilitating learning. This effect has been
replicated across a variety of academic domains, including algebra, chemistry, geometry …

A beneficial effect of gesture on learning has been demonstrated in multiple domains,
including mathematics, science, and foreign language vocabulary. However, because …

Children who observe gesture while learning mathematics perform better than children who
do not, when tested immediately after training. How does observing gesture influence …

Teaching a new concept through gestures—hand movements that accompany speech—
facilitates learning above‐and‐beyond instruction through speech alone (eg, Singer & …

We know gesture enhances learning but we don't know why. We will investigate whether
gesture's role in learning is due to its attention-getting properties, and whether this role …

How does gesturing help children learn? Gesturing might encourage children to extract
meaning implicit in their hand movements. If so, children should be sensitive to the particular …

Teaching a new concept with gestures–hand movements that accompany speech–facilitates
learning above-and-beyond instruction through speech alone (eg, Singer & Goldin-Meadow …

Speakers routinely gesture with their hands when they talk, and those gestures often convey
information not found anywhere in their speech. This information is typically not consciously …