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ERIC Number: EJ327183
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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From Manipulatives to Computation: Making the Mathematical Connection.
Lewis, Karen Elaine
Childhood Education, v61 n5 p371-74 May-Jun 1985
Discusses students' inability to make the connection between manipulative materials and pencil-and-paper calculations in mathematics instruction. Outlines the development of mathematical ideas through the concrete, representational, and abstract phases of instruction. An annotated bibliography listing teacher resources for representational-level connecting activities is provided. (DST)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Computation, Elementary Education, Manipulative Materials, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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