Using Iconic Hand Gestures in Teaching a Year 8 Science Lesson

Autor/inn/en	Bentley, Brendan; Walters, Kylie; Yates, Gregory C. R.
Titel	Using Iconic Hand Gestures in Teaching a Year 8 Science Lesson
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37 (2023) 3, S.496-506 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bentley, Brendan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.4052
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Grade 8; Conventional Instruction; Nonverbal Communication; Teaching Methods; Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Science Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad
Abstract	Advances in embodied learning and the use of gesture has gained greater interest amongst educators and researchers in recent years. The emerging evidence supporting the use of physical enactment rather than just auditory modes of instruction remains unresolved. This paper investigates the pedagogical methods used by a science teacher instructing a year 8 science class. One class was taught via the practitioner's usual and standard methods. The second class were taught similarly but were exposed to a set of scripted iconic hand gestures. The study utilised the theoretical underpinnings of Evolutionary Educational Psychology and recent insights of Cognitive Load Theory to measure student cognitive load on learning and achievement. The research findings suggest students who were exposed to teaching using iconic hand gestures scored more highly on achievement and rated the test items as relatively less difficult compared to those taught using traditional methods. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01