Welcome to the AMSI Schools blog! A place where the teachers we work with can go to find all of the bits and pieces we use in our Professional Development sessions. Along the way we'll look at developing teacher content knowledge and chat about ways to teach. We'll show you the lovely mathematical things we have been taught by the fantastic teachers we have met. We will also point you in the direction of some interesting websites and share mathsy news from around the world.
Wednesday 3 April 2013
Gestures help student learning
New studies have shown that students learn better when teachers use hand gestures, particularly while teaching mathematical skills such as algebra. The study, posted on Science Daily, showed that primary-school-aged students performed dramatically better on tests when taught maths with accompanying hand gestures. Interestingly, students also retained the knowledge better long-term when taught in this particulate manner.
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