ERIC Number: EJ1263999
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 9
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Virtual Manipulatives as Assistive Technology to Support Students with Disabilities with Mathematics
Bouck, Emily C.; Park, Jiyoon; Stenzel, Kelly
Preventing School Failure, v64 n4 p281-289 2020
Assistive technology supports students with disabilities in a variety of ways, including serving as a means of instruction. Although virtual manipulatives can serve as an assistive technology tool, limited research examines virtual manipulatives in-and-of-themselves to support students with disabilities. This study explored app-based virtual manipulatives as mathematics-based assistive technology to support middle school students to acquire and maintain solving division with remainder problems. Through a single-case multiple probe across participants design, researchers found the three students acquired and maintained their accuracy in solving division with remainder problems when provided with the app-based manipulative. The study corroborates the use of virtual manipulatives by students with disabilities when learning mathematics.
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Manipulative Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Skills, Division, Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Wechsler Individual Achievement Test; Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement
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