A Feel for Numbers: The Changing Role of Gesture in Manipulating the Mental Representation of an Abacus Among Children at Different Skill Levels

Abacus mental arithmetic involves the skilled acquisition of a set of gestures representing mathematical algorithms to properly manipulate an imaginary abacus. The present study examined how the beneficial effect of abacus co-thought gestures varied at different skill and problem difficulty levels....

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Philip S. Cho, Wing Chee So
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Subjects:	mental arithmetic abacus gesture mathematics learning embodiment
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01267/full