manipulative
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- noun
- /məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv/
- Jargon
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material manipulativo
- Teachers often use manipulatives like blocks and beads to help students understand math concepts.
- Virtual manipulatives
- use manipulatives
- concrete manipulatives
Examples
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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
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How Hands-On
- Jargon
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Surface Forms
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.