Students Learn More by Acting Out Text


Tuesday July 26, 2011

A series of studies shows that students understand and infer more by physically acting out the text they read. Specifically, one study found that elementary students who acted out math word problems were more accurate in their responses than those who didn’t. This Education Week article takes an in-depth look at the findings. 

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