Teachers often use manipulatives—boxes, shapes, figures and games—which students can handle during in-class activities to explain math and science concepts. A colleague of mine forwarded me a ...

Manipulatives support students with and without disabilities in mathematics. However, as students age, concrete manipulatives can be limiting and potentially not age appropriate (Satsangi, 2015). An ...

Teachers often comment that using manipulatives to teach mathematics is 'fun!' Embedded in the word 'fun' are important notions about how and why teachers use manipulatives in the teaching of ...