| The mismatch between gesture and speech as an index of transitional knowledge RB Church, S Goldin-Meadow Cognition 23 (1), 43-71, 1986 | 917 | 1986 |
| Transitions in concept acquisition: using the hand to read the mind. S Goldin-Meadow, MW Alibali, RB Church Psychological review 100 (2), 279, 1993 | 671 | 1993 |
| Offering a hand to pragmatic understanding: The role of speech and gesture in comprehension and memory SD Kelly, DJ Barr, RB Church, K Lynch Journal of memory and Language 40 (4), 577-592, 1999 | 497 | 1999 |
| Transitional knowledge in the acquisition of concepts M Perry, RB Church, S Goldin-Meadow Cognitive Development 3 (4), 359-400, 1988 | 476 | 1988 |
| The role of gesture in bilingual education: Does gesture enhance learning? RB Church, S Ayman-Nolley, S Mahootian International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 7 (4), 303-319, 2004 | 276 | 2004 |
| How teachers link ideas in mathematics instruction using speech and gesture: A corpus analysis MW Alibali, MJ Nathan, MS Wolfgram, RB Church, SA Jacobs, ... Cognition and instruction 32 (1), 65-100, 2014 | 218 | 2014 |
| A comparison between children's and adults' ability to detect conceptual information conveyed through representational gestures SD Kelly, RB Church Child development 69 (1), 85-93, 1998 | 199 | 1998 |
| Students learn more when their teacher has learned to gesture effectively MW Alibali, AG Young, NM Crooks, A Yeo, MS Wolfgram, IM Ledesma, ... Gesture 13 (2), 210-233, 2013 | 123 | 2013 |
| Teachers’ gestures and speech in mathematics lessons: Forging common ground by resolving trouble spots MW Alibali, MJ Nathan, RB Church, MS Wolfgram, S Kim, EJ Knuth ZDM 45, 425-440, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
| Transitions in learning: Evidence for simultaneously activated strategies. S Goldin-Meadow, HC Nusbaum, P Garber, RB Church Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 19 (1), 92, 1993 | 99 | 1993 |
| Can children detect conceptual information conveyed through other children's nonverbal behavior's SD Kelly, RB Church Cognition and Instruction 15 (1), 107-134, 1997 | 94 | 1997 |
| The role of gesture in memory and social communication RB Church, P Garber, K Rogalski Gesture 7 (2), 137-158, 2007 | 84 | 2007 |
| Using gesture and speech to capture transitions in learning RB Church Cognitive Development 14 (2), 313-342, 1999 | 84 | 1999 |
| Is gesture-speech mismatch a general index of transitional knowledge? M Perry, RB Church, S Goldin-Meadow Cognitive Development 7 (1), 109-122, 1992 | 77 | 1992 |
| Gesture enhances learning of a complex statistical concept L Rueckert, RB Church, A Avila, T Trejo Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 2, 1-6, 2017 | 64 | 2017 |
| Why Gesture? RB Church John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017 | 59 | 2017 |
| Temporal synchrony between speech, action and gesture during language production RB Church, S Kelly, D Holcombe Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 29 (3), 345-354, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| Teachers’ gestures and students’ learning: sometimes “hands off” is better A Yeo, I Ledesma, MJ Nathan, MW Alibali, RB Church Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 2, 1-11, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Immediate memory for mismatched speech and representational gesture across development RB Church, SD Kelly, K Lynch Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 24, 151-174, 2000 | 47 | 2000 |
| The role of gesture and speech communication as a reflection of cognitive understanding RB Church, K Schonert-Reichl, N Goodman, SD Kelly, S Ayman-Nolley J. Contemp. Legal Issues 6, 237, 1995 | 46 | 1995 |
