The spontaneous hand gestures that accompany children’s explanations of concepts have been used by trained experimenters to gain insight into children’s knowledge. In this article, 3 experiments tested whether it is possible to teach adults who are not trained investigators to comprehend information conveyed through children’s hand gestures. In Experiment 1, we used a questionnaire to explore w...

More and more schools recognize that as nobody knows what the world will look like in the future and what skills we will need, it is necessary to teach children how they can learn effectively and on their own throughout life, i.e. to develop their learner autonomy. However, despite its importance, little research has been dedicated to exploring the relationship between learner autonomy and othe...

Numerous studies from recent years and going back decades suggest that post-secondary students are failing to sufficiently improve their critical thinking (CT) skills during undergraduate (Abrami et al., 2015; Arum & Roksa, 2011; Huber Kuncel, 2016). Meanwhile, institutions have increasingly embraced CT as a core competency educational outcome. Several demonstrated measurable within-semeste...