In the motion capture game The Hidden Village, pose creation spurred gesturally embodied argumentation expressed more in gesture than in precise mathematical speech¶

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Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-31 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? MAET of high school students using the Conjecture Builder revealed that much of their mathematical conversation was expressed in rich gesture sequences rather than precise mathematical speech, coded as gesturally embodied argumentation spurred by pose creation. → Walkington 2024

Evidence¶

Walkington 2024¶

Walkington, C., Nathan, M. J., Huang, W., Hunnicutt, J., & Washington, J. (2024). Multimodal analysis of interaction data from embodied education technologies. Education Tech Research Dev, 72, 2565–2584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10254-9

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Qualitative MAET case analysis of video footage of two high school students creating arm poses for the conjecture about rhombus diagonals in the Conjecture Builder. The episode was coded for collaborative gestures and talk moves; the authors state "much of the conversation is expressed in rich gesture sequences rather than in precise mathematical speech."

"We coded this theme as “gesturally embodied argumentation spurred by pose creation,” and examined its conditions of incidence across the corpus"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Geometric Reasoning — outcome: instruction changes it

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