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How Kinetically-Held Gestures Support Collaborative Problem Solving in Physics

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Abstract

Embodied forms of communication like gesture are essential for problem solving, but we know little about how they are used in group interactions. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EMCA), we examine how undergraduate physics students use the temporality of gesture to orchestrate productive interactions: Using kinetically-held (frozen in place) gestures, students (1) recruit attention, (2) mobilize responses, (3) weather interruptions, and (4) facilitate extended consideration of elaborated and clarified ideas.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publicationBuilding Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
EditorsPaulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages1522-1525
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330677
StatePublished - 2023
Event17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Jun 10 2023Jun 15 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
ISSN (Print)1814-9316

Conference

Conference17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period06/10/2306/15/23

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