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manipulative

manipulative

1 4.3
A small thing children use to learn by touching and moving
  • noun
  • /məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv/
  • Jargon
translation icon : material manipulativo
  • Teachers often use manipulatives like blocks and beads to help students understand math concepts.
  • Virtual manipulatives
  • use manipulatives
  • concrete manipulatives

Examples

  • Identify materials and manipulatives to be used and learning strategies for presenting these.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Now that you have found those stored-away math manipulatives, let's take a look at some new uses for Unifix cubes.

    Academic text (2013)
  • As designed, concrete manipulatives offer students limited structure in the manner in which they are used.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The students may not have 1:1 correspondence to count the visual supports or manipulatives.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Another idea is to provide manipulatives for songs or chants that do not usually have any particular action.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Materials for this study included written assessments via paper and pencil and virtual manipulatives.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Students who might benefit from using this strategy are those whose IEPs mention using manipulatives.

    Academic text (2006)
  • When given the opportunity to use virtual manipulatives during intervention, Jake steadily increased his performance solving both types of problems.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The RA encouraged students to use manipulatives, such as snap cubes, to understand sets of combinations.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Teaching strategies include the use of manipulatives, visual aids, grouping techniques, and integration of technology.

    Academic text (1993)

Compounds

Actions that change electronic signals to hide or confuse enemy radars

A plan to control people by tricking them

How Hands-On

manipulative
  • Jargon
1 4.3
model
  • Specialized
905 3.9

Surface Forms

manipulative singular
manipulatives plural

Etymology

Manipulative comes from the old Latin words manipulus 'handful' and manus 'hand', and is like the English word manual. So a manipulative is something you can 'handle' with your hands to help you learn by doing.