Manipulatives--

I'm so glad someone is interested in manipulatives.  We actively use
manipulatives in all our ABE/GED math classes to illustrate concrete and
abstract concepts, concretely for students.  It is a way of illustrating
a concept.  We have a wonderful response from students, in general.  

We use them both with small groups and individually. 

The key to acceptance with adults is modeling use of them and having
them out and available in the classroom as a rule of thumb, not an
exception.  We like the rolling plastic drawers to store them in so we
can pull them around the room.  

We have obtained most of our manipulatives through the Summit Learning
Company.  We have quite a few but ones we use most often are:
Multiplication Wraps- great for abstracting times tables, Clock to show
elapsed time,  large cardboard Thermometer - for positive and negative
numbers; fraction tiles, dice, Pizza game- great for fractions with a
group, decimal/fraction/ percent dominoes.

Teachers do need to be trained on these and encouraged to use them.

 

 

 

Mary S. Wooten  M.Ed.

GED Coordinator

Adult Basic Education

Santa Fe Community College

Santa Fe, NM 87508

Phone  (505) 428-1329

 

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[mailto:specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Kathie Daviau
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:49 PM
To: specialtopics at nifl.gov
Subject: [SpecialTopics 652] Re: Components of Numeracy

 

I am interested in the use of manipulatives in the adult ed math
classroom.  How are manipulatives used?  How do you introduce
manipulatives to adults?  Do you use manipulatives in an individualized
setting?  What are your favorite manipulatives? 
Thanks,
Kathie
Billings, Montana


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Sent: Sun 9/16/2007 5:44 AM
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Subject: [SpecialTopics 649]  Components of Numeracy

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