We are allowed to change our minds
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Using our hands to change our minds.
Jean Piaget was a master at observing the routine behaviors children produce as they go from knowing less to knowing more about at a task, and making inferences not only about how children understand the task at each point, but also about how they progress from one point to the next. This article examines a routine behavior that Piaget overlooked-the spontaneous gestures speakers produce as the...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Dental Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2519-0105,0375-1562
DOI: 10.17159/2519-0105/2020/v75no7a11250