ITALIANS ARE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
How else to interpret this?
Teachers who use gestures as they explain a concept — such as the hand sweeps that Cook uses to emphasize an equation’s symmetry — are more successful at getting their ideas across, research has shown. And students who spontaneously gesture as they work through new ideas tend to remember them longer than those who do not move their hands.
Now Cook’s work with elementary schoolchildren is helping to find out whether the gesturing done spontaneously by many quick learners is simply a reflection of the fact that they are “getting it” or is actively helping them learn.
Her findings, along with others in the emerging field, could open new vistas in neuroscience, cognitive psychology and education. They may even bring a modicum of science to such pressing questions as: What is it with those Italians?
One Response to “ITALIANS ARE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD”
 Comment by Tobino Vintini August 6th, 2007 at 11:05 pm |
This, you’ll find, may also lead, to more cases of road rage |