According to the summary of an article from the July 25 edition of Cognition, the use of gestures as part of study techniques, dramatically improves recall of information or concepts.
A couple of years ago, after seeing a similar study, I led one of my granddaughters through a wild, stomping, jumping study of social studies. I don’t know how much it helped, but she did well on the test and it definitely made studying more fun.
The URL for this summary article is
http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php?start=75
This technique brings new meaning to the term, memory exercise.
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
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