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Bullock, Emma P.; Shumway, Jessica F.; Watts, Christina M.; Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2017
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the research on mathematics app use by very young children, and specifically mathematics apps for touch-screen mobile devices that contain virtual manipulatives. The study used a convergent parallel mixed methods design, in which quantitative and qualitative data were collected in parallel, analyzed…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
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Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S.; Bullock, Emma K.; Shumway, Jessica F.; Tucker, Stephen I.; Watts, Christina M.; Westenskow, Arla; Anderson-Pence, Katie L.; Maahs-Fladung, Cathy; Boyer-Thurgood, Jennifer; Gulkilik, Hilal; Jordan, Kerry – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2016
This paper focuses on understanding the role that affordances played in children's learning performance and efficiency during clinical interviews of their interactions with mathematics apps on touch-screen devices. One hundred children, ages 3 to 8, each used six different virtual manipulative mathematics apps during 30-40-min interviews. The…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Academic Achievement
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Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S.; Shumway, Jessica F.; Bullock, Emma; Tucker, Stephen I.; Anderson-Pence, Katie L.; Westenskow, Arla; Boyer-Thurgood, Jennifer; Maahs-Fladung, Cathy; Symanzik, Juergen; Mahamane, Salif; MacDonald, Beth; Jordan, Kerry – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2015
Part of a larger initiation mixed methods study (Greene, Caracelli, & Graham, 1989), this paper discusses the changes in young children's learning performance and efficiency (one element of the quantitative portion of the larger study) during clinical interviews in which each child interacted with a variety of virtual manipulative…
Descriptors: Young Children, Learning Processes, Efficiency, Numeracy