Elizabeth M. Wakefield

Gesture helps learners learn, but not merely by guiding their visual attention

Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Miriam A. Novack, Eliza Congdon et al. · Developmental Science · 2018 · 100 citations

Medicine, Educational Psychology, Instruction +15

What makes a movement a gesture?

Miriam A. Novack, Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Susan Goldin‐Meadow · Cognition · 2015 · 63 citations

Education, Communication, Linguistics +10

Gesture for generalization: gesture facilitates flexible learning of words for actions on objects

Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Casey Hall, Karin H. James et al. · Developmental Science · 2018 · 52 citations

Education, Human Development, Linguistics +9

Learning math by hand: The neural effects of gesture-based instruction in 8-year-old children

Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Eliza Congdon, Miriam A. Novack et al. · Attention Perception & Psychophysics · 2019 · 50 citations · Full text

Education, Educational Psychology, Mathematics Education +14

Effects of learning with gesture on children’s understanding of a new language concept.

Elizabeth M. Wakefield, Karin H. James · Developmental Psychology · 2015 · 34 citations

Language Studies, Teaching, Child Development +9