manipulative in your own classroom
After completing the readings from the online articles Manipulative: The Missing Link in High School Math (Curtain-Phillips, n.d.) and “Concrete” Manipulative, Concrete Ideas (Clements, 1999) compare and contrast the use of concrete manipulative and virtual manipulative in math instruction. Part 1 Discuss your experiences, if any, with using manipulative in your own classroom. What are the pros and cons for using each (concrete manipulative and virtual manipulative)? Discuss an instance where you would use a virtual manipulative over a concrete manipulative and vice versa. Submit two to three paragraphs in response in your post to the class Discussion Board. In addition, view the online resources pages 400 and 432 in our Van de Walle0 (2013) text. Part 2 Select one resource to investigate further. Give a brief summary (1-2 paragraphs) of the resource. How can this resource be utilized in a math classroom? Post your 2-3 paragraph response in the class Discussion Board. Discussion requires Level 1 Heading and a Reference List. Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research.
