Gestures Lend A Hand In Learning Mathematics; Hand Movements Help Create New Ideas

While we think about gesture-based interface design, this article shows how gesturing is an important part of learning. I wonder if one could develop a gesture-based teaching tool? i.e. to re-enforce the brain pathways for the concept being taught.

-jeroen

ScienceDaily (Mar. 6, 2009) — Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics, according to research at the University of Chicago.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133204.htm