No more worksheets: a pre-service teacher's look at manipulatives

<p>The purpose of this study is to explore the use of manipulatives during math. This is done by examining manipulatives in reference to student interest, diverse learners, student response, and student opinions. The study was conducted in an elementary school in the Winslow Township school district located in the Camden County region of South Jersey. All seventeen participants were taken from a collaboratively taught first grade classroom. Collection of data was done through the use of video tape, student journals, tests and my personal observations. Data was triangulated through the examination of multi-sources (video, journals, tests, observations), and themes, scores and interesting remarks were analyzed. In conclusion to the study one unifying pattern that was found during the exploration of manipulatives was student eagerness. Their eagerness to use and explore manipulatives provided them with the openness to learn thus increasing their knowledge of the subject at hand.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S. in Teaching: Collaborative Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Barraclough, Kathren Field

Contributors dc:contributor

• Browne, Susan

• Manipulatives (Education)--New Jersey; Mathematics--Study and teaching (Primary)--New Jersey
• Elementary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/965

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1965