Manipulatives: When are they useful?

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-31

  Kamii, Constance ^a   Lewis, Barbara A ^a   Kirkland, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Manipulatives; Manipulatives and thinking; The use of counters; The use of fingers; The value of base ten blocks; The value of Unifix Cubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010424880     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-3123(01)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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