Pointing to learn math

Pointing gestures to indicate area of the problem

Grinnell College

Children who follow the directed gestures of a teacher when learning early math basics are more likely to perform higher on tests over those areas. Gestures in general, even ones not directly assisting the learning, are also correlated with increased performance - though not as high.

Gestures assist learning math

Goldin-Meadow, S., Cook, S., & Mitchell, Z. (2009). Gesturing gives children new ideas about math. Psychological Sciences, 20(3), 267-272. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02297.x

Gesturing gives children new ideas about math

Types of gestures to learn math

Children with ASD tend to have more difficulties with gestures compared to children with TD, which is the group these studies have been completed on. How would gestures affect the teaching/learning capailities?

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