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Seokmin Kang; Chun-Hao Chang; Sungyeun Kim – Educational Technology & Society, 2025
Virtual tools are rapidly supplementing physical tools in classrooms. Although extensive research has compared the benefits of using virtual and physical manipulatives, few studies have systematically explored the learning benefits of using a physical and a virtual tool. As the major learning goal in science, technology, engineering, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Manipulative Materials, STEM Education
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Joe Champion; Ann Wheeler; Josephine Derrick; David Gardner – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
This article describes a hands-on geometric tiling art activity used in two third-grade classes and four fifth-grade classes in a rural public elementary school with class sizes of around 20 students each. The lesson investigates concepts in geometry, number sense, and probability. Examples of student work and takeaways for other teachers…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 3, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Narapat Rattanapirun; Parames Laosinchai – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The main difficulty in studying molecular symmetry is the mental manipulation of molecules when searching for symmetry. Numerous methods of teaching molecular symmetry require students to identify symmetry elements of objects or molecules. As an alternative, we propose activity that identifies symmetry using elements outside the objects, together…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Molecular Structure, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Donovan, Andrea Marquardt; Fyfe, Emily R. – Educational Psychology, 2022
Children often learn abstract mathematics concepts with concrete manipulatives. The current study compared different ways of using specific manipulatives -- base-ten blocks -- to support children's place value knowledge. Children (N = 112, M age = 6.88 years) engaged in place value learning activities in one of four randomly assigned conditions in…
Descriptors: Children, Mathematical Concepts, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Activities
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Arslan, Okan; Eroglu, Deniz; Tatli, Ercan – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2022
A multidisciplinary origami activity that could be used in middle school mathematics and science lessons was designed and implemented. Mathematical purpose of the origami activity is to support students' conceptual understanding and procedural skills related to the concept of fraction. Regarding science, the activity aims to visualize Solar system…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials, Fractions
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Kesicioglu, Oguz Serdar – South African Journal of Education, 2021
The research reported on here was designed in a qualitative approach to present the opinions of pre-service pre-school teachers on the use of mathematics activities. The sample consisted of 10 pre-service teachers, who in their fourth year of pre-school education in the teaching department in 2017 to 2018. The pre-service teachers in the study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
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Raisor, Jill M.; Hudson, Rick A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
Early childhood provides a time of crucial growth in all developmental domains. Prekindergarten is an optimal time for young children to use objects of play as a medium to explore new cognitive concepts, including mathematical structure. Mathematical structure plays an important role in providing students a means to reason about mathematics,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Instruction, Manipulative Materials, Teaching Methods
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Griffith, Leah – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2016
Classroom teachers try to provide opportunities for students to practice and use the algebra skills they are learning in ways that are nonroutine. They also want to help students connect the big ideas of math with the skills they are learning as part of the balance between understanding concepts and procedures. Math games can be used to accomplish…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Games, Manipulative Materials
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Eberle, R. Scott – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
A "tessellation" is a pattern of geometric shapes that fulfills three conditions: (1) No gaps exist between the shapes; (2) The shapes do not overlap; and (3) The pattern can go on forever in all directions. Tilings (such as tiling a floor) are familiar to children and provide a rich resource at all grade levels for learning many…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities, Concept Formation
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Peters, Susan A.; Bennett, Victoria Miller; Young, Mandy; Watkins, Jonathan D. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2016
The mean can be interpreted as a fair-share value and as a balance point. Standards documents, including Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010), suggest focusing on both interpretations. In this article, the authors propose a sequence of five activities to help students develop these understandings of the mean, and they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Common Core State Standards
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Town, James R.; Espinosa, Alison M. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
"Mathematical modeling of the physical world should be the central theme of physics instruction" (Hestenes 1987). Science teachers know this, but because of standardized state testing, many math teachers and some science teachers feel the need to focus on memorizing facts that will be on a multiple-choice test (Volante 2004). As a…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
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Northcote, Maria – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2015
Use of technology in the mathematics classroom has the potential to advance children's learning of mathematics and enhance their attitudes about mathematics. When used in conjunction with purposeful planning, teachers can use technological tools to reinforce their pedagogical intentions and to facilitate relevant learning activities for students.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Sandir, Hakan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
Students use concrete manipulatives to form an imperative affiliation between conceptual and procedural knowledge (Balka, 1993). Hence, it is necessary to design specific mathematics manipulatives that focus on different mathematical concepts. Preservice teachers need to know how to make and use manipulatives that stimulate students' thinking as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
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Özgün-Koca, S. Asli; Edwards, Thomas G.; Chelst, Kenneth R. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
In mathematics, students should represent, model, and work with such real-world situations as those found in the physical world, the public policy realm, and society (CCSSI 2010). Additionally, students need to make decisions and be flexible enough to improve their decisions after analyzing realistic situations. The LEGO® Pets activity does just…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Mathematical Concepts
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Burgess, Claudia R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Designed for a broad audience, including educators, camp directors, afterschool coordinators, and preservice teachers, this investigation aims to help individuals experience mathematics in unconventional and exciting ways by engaging them in the physical activity of building geometric shapes using ropes. Through this engagement, the author…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts
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