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Donovan, Andrea Marquardt; Alibali, Martha W. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
This research examined whether children's construals of mathematical manipulatives -- as toys or as tools for doing mathematics -- influenced their learning from a lesson with the manipulatives. Children (grades 2 and 3) were presented with a set of buckets and beanbags, and they were either given no information about the manipulatives (control)…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Toys, Play, Mathematics Instruction