I was reading an old newspaper the other day and ran across the following article. I thought it might be of interest to NBCCHers, especially those therapists who work with students.
Ron Klein
The Washington Post
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 6, 2007; Page A06
Susan Wagner Cook, a third grader, stands at the front of her classroom, with an unfinished equation printed neatly on the whiteboard.
4 + 3 + 6 = ____ + 6
"I want to make one side," she says, as her left hand sweeps under the left side of the equation, "equal to the other side," she continues, now sweeping her right hand under the right side of the equation.
Equations are something the call is just ready to learn: The total value on one side of an equation should equal that on the other.
Some of the kids learn it quickly. Others taklonger. But what none of them know is that they are subjects in an experiment that is helping scientists understand one of the most familiar and yet mysterious components of human behavior: the hand gestures and how they may impact on learning. To read the rest of the article,
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