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Gestures in the blackboard work of mathematics instruction
conference contribution
posted on 2014-03-13, 09:57 authored by Christian Greiffenhagen, Wes SharrockLectures in mathematics consists almost entirely of the lecturer writing
definitions, theorems, and proofs on the blackboard (often reproducing word-by-word
what is distributed in advance in lecture notes) while simultaneously commenting on
what is being written. The writing, talking, and gesturing conjointly formulate the
cohesive logic of the mathematical argument that the formulae instantiate. In the first part
we examine the blackboard organization of the exposition: what is written is not just
written ‘anywhere’, but the physical structure of the blackboard is organized into
segregated fields so as to re-order the formulae on the board in a way that displays their
mathematical role amongst the interrelated constituents of the mathematical argument put
forward. The second part focuses on how gestures are used in conjunction with and
coordination of what is being written on the blackboard and what is being said.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Citation
GREIFFENHAGEN, C. and SHARROCK, W., 2005. Gestures in the blackboard work of mathematics instruction. IN: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Lyon, France, 24pp.Publisher
International Society for Gesture StudiesVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2005Notes
This is a conference paper. The website is at: http://gesture-lyon2005.ens-lyon.fr/Language
- en