A comparison study of polyominoes explorations in a physical and virtual manipulative environment

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-316

  Yuan, Y ^a   Lee, C Y ^a   Wang, C H ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Physical manipulatives; Polyominoes; Problem solving; Virtual manipulatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955153273     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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