Virtual Manipulatives: What They Are and How Teachers Can Use Them

Autor/inn/en	Bouck, Emily C.; Flanagan, Sara M.
Titel	Virtual Manipulatives: What They Are and How Teachers Can Use Them
Quelle	In: Intervention in School and Clinic, 45 (2010) 3, S.186-191 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-4512
DOI	10.1177/1053451209349530
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Educational Technology; Special Education Teachers; Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Assistive Technology; Severe Disabilities; Instructional Design; Computer Simulation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Unterrichtsmedien; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Computergrafik; Computersimulation
Abstract	Research on the positive impact of using concrete manipulatives in mathematics for students with high-incidence disabilities is clear. Maccini and Gagnon (2000) considered manipulatives to be a best practice in terms of educating students with high-incidence disabilities in mathematics. It would follow, then, that research on virtual manipulatives may also produce positive results for students with high-incidence disabilities. Virtual manipulatives are defined as computer-based simulations of physical manipulatives that are accessed via the Internet or computer software. Although virtual manipulatives present some challenges, special educators need to consider manipulatives as a means of helping their students learn mathematics and should be open to the use of virtual manipulatives. Teachers can begin by taking lessons on specific concepts, such as area and perimeter, and using virtual manipulatives in place of concrete manipulatives. Teachers can also seek out the knowledge and advice of highly qualified general education mathematics teachers who can work with teachers to connect mathematical ideas and assess the strengths and limitations of a particular manipulative. As teachers become more confident with virtual manipulatives, they can construct new lessons that expand student experiences through use of the multiple opportunities that the sites afford, as well as the multiple types of manipulatives. Students' interest in computers and the accompanying motivation can be captured with virtual manipulatives, and teachers can take advantage of their students' increasing ability to use this technology. To better understand these new educational tools, teachers should try virtual manipulatives in their classrooms, researchers should study the use of virtual manipulatives in educating students with disabilities, and teacher educators should prepare preservice and in-service teachers to implement this technology with their students. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10