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6 thoughts on “Gesturing and Math”
“90 percent of students who had learned by gesture alone—no speech at all—recalled what they’d been taught. ”
I wish the author had explained how to teach math concepts “by gesture alone”. I once read a theory that human speech was developed by the first hunters to supplement the gestures that they used to coordinate hunting strategies when they could not see each other. If so, gesture would be the foundation of all language.
The point about the hunters, along with my own experience in the classroom, make me realize that it is time to explore, use, etc. gestures at a much higher level next year. Gonna do it.
I’ll categorize this under Beginning the Year.
Totally agree. This was my first year doing the gestures. I was not consistent enough with it. I think because I forgot about it at first. But it is amazing. In my unscientific triple blind study, the structures we gestured are way more hard-wired than those we did not.
I have had much the same experience this year Jen, gestured/signed words much more hard-wired. For me, I think it is mostly the TPR, of getting more reps of the word out-of-context quickly and effectively, while bringing in the motion-memory connection for bonus back-up, then using it in-context with accompanying gesture for awhile.
Plus, several of my kids are really interested and pumped that they are learning ASL also, so they perk up when learning a new word (even more so when THEY look it up because I don’t know the sign for it yet).
We have so much to do that we tend to let the gesturing slide in our rush to get to real communication. We can’t do that. We need to spend the time on the gestures next year.
I want to second Joaquin from 2007 (on the Future Pundit article) for an elaboration of the physical gesture. I wonder why he’s never received a response on that. I would like to know how this worked, as it is very vague in the article. Anybody have more info or insight into that particular study?