Towards a new kind of computational manipulative: Children learning math and designing quilts with manipulatives that afford both

Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Interaction Design and Children: Building a Community, IDC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 143-144

  Lamberty, K K ^a   Kolodner, Janet L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Design; Manipulative; Math learning

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN LEARNING; CONSTRUCTIONISM; LEARNING THROUGH DESIGN; MANIPULATIVE; MATH LEARNING; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953085424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1017833.1017861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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