All good (and many bad) elementary/primary school teachers understand just how essential manipulatives are to learning math and number ... with the real need for classroom socialization.

Over at Curriculum Matters, my colleague Sean Cavanagh writes about an online site featuring virtual manipulatives for math and science ... example of how a standard classroom tool can evolve ...

Ball, D.L. (1992). Magical hopes: Manipulatives and the reform of math education. Elementary School Journal, 90, 449–466. Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (2002). Core ...

Tying into one of the conference’s main themes of integrating technology into the classroom ... as well as how to use and evaluate virtual math manipulatives in a classroom setting.

Math isn’t just about numbers. It’s about language, too. Many math tasks involve reading, writing, speaking, and listening. These language demands can be particularly challenging for students whose ...

Cindy Garcia has been a bilingual educator for 17 years and is currently a districtwide specialist for bilingual/ESL mathematics ... in their primary language, so we emphasize the teaching ...

Put simply, SumBlox works just like the majority of math manipulatives created for young ... the “block corner” of a typical kindergarten classroom; it is like an indoor sandbox.

To help young kids who struggle with math, well-intentioned teachers often ... in a first-grade teacher’s classroom, the more likely the teachers were to use manipulatives (hands-on materials), ...