Episode 88 - Virtual versus Physical Manipulatives

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 88.  Today we are looking at Virtual versus Physical Manipulatives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With distance learning happening for so many right now, during a Build Math Minds Members Q & A session, a member asked if it’s okay to just have kids working with virtual manipulatives or if kids need the physical manipulatives to ensure they are working in the Concrete level.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As I went digging into the research, I found that this is not a new concern. In 2016, Julie Sarama & Douglas Clements wrote a chapter in the book</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Virtual Manipulatives</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that can shed some light on this concern that educators are having in 2021.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Go over to buildmathminds.com/88 for links mentioned in this episode.</span></p>