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Deaf Children's Gesture Mismatches Provide Clues to Learning Moments
April 5, 2012
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In a discovery that could help instructors better teach deaf children, a team of University of Chicago researchers has found that a gesture-sign mismatch, made while explaining a math problem, suggests that a deaf child is experiencing a teachable moment.
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