Jan. 29—DANVILLE — You could say Sydni Franklin's sixth grade math class at Danville Middle School is learning fractions the hard way — well, the hard plastic way. A few weeks ago, her ...

Fractions are the basis for most higher-level math, but they tend to be a roadblock for many learners. ... Some students may draw pictures, while others may use manipulatives to make separate piles.

Over at Curriculum Matters, my colleague Sean Cavanagh writes about an online site featuring virtual manipulatives for math and science classes. David Wetzel offers a variety of interactive math ...

With our game, Fog Stone Isle, players use online visual manipulatives for a wide variety of crafting activities. Students might use number lines to create buildings by lining up bricks made out of ...

The control group will continue business-as-usual math instruction that doesn’t include virtual or concrete manipulatives. In the Fraction Spacecraft intervention study, we also want to examine the ...

Participants will learn about fraction software (CandyFactory and the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives), and will hear a presentation from a female scientist from the Buffalo Museum of ...

DANVILLE — You could say Sydni Franklin’s sixth grade math class at Danville Middle School is learning fractions the hard way — well, the hard plastic way.