“Manipulatives are necessary tools for supporting the effective learning of mathematics by all students”. (The Ontario Curriculum: Mathematics; 2005; p. 25).
In this webinar, teachers discuss:
- How to incorporate the use of manipulatives in a problem-solving math classroom (Grades 4-6) to deepen and extend students’ understanding of mathematical concepts from all five strands
- How analysing how students use manipulatives can provide teachers with insight into student understandings (and misunderstandings) of concepts
Audience: Junior
Resources:
- Find Mary-Kay on Twitter: @mkgoindi
- Seymour Papert
- John Van De Walle
- Arthur Hyde
- My Favourite No
- The 3-Part Lesson
- Ministry Resources
- Why Teach Math with Manipulatives (Commercial company document, but still good)
- Doug Clements, Early Math: Integrated Concrete Concepts (scroll down for this video and lots more), Composing Shapes
- Dr. Alex Lawson: Models of Thinking, The Power of the Number Line
- Counting Principles (Dropbox document)
- Video: The Math in Blocks (teacher/student interactions)
- Grand Conversations monographs: Primary, Junior
- Capacity Building Series: Maximizing Student Mathematical Learning in the Early Years
- Related session: Using Manipulatives for Problem-Solving in the Primary Classroom