The Manipulative Materials Strategy: The Latest Pied Piper?.

Friedman, Morton

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The Manipulative Materials Strategy: The Latest Pied Piper?

Friedman, Morton

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 9, 1, 78-80, Jan 78

The author cites studies concerning the effectiveness of manipulative and non-manipulative approaches to teaching mathematics in elementary schools. He concludes that, after the first grade, an instructional strategy that gives preeminence to the rise of manipulative materials is unwarrented. (MN)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education, Research Reviews (Publications)

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