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ERIC Number: EJ1370727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5820
Connecting Concrete Objects and Abstract Symbols Promotes Children's Place Value Knowledge
Donovan, Andrea Marquardt; Fyfe, Emily R.
Educational Psychology, v42 n8 p1008-1026 2022
Children often learn abstract mathematics concepts with concrete manipulatives. The current study compared different ways of using specific manipulatives -- base-ten blocks -- to support children's place value knowledge. Children (N = 112, M age = 6.88 years) engaged in place value learning activities in one of four randomly assigned conditions in a one-on-one tutoring setting: Concrete Only, Two-Step Fading, Three-Step Fading, and Fading-with-Comparison. Performance on a posttest measure was higher in the Two-Step and Three-Step Fading conditions relative to the Fading-with-Comparison condition, suggesting potential benefits of gradual, sequential transitions from concrete objects to written numerals. Children in the Concrete Only condition also exhibited high place value knowledge on the posttest. Finally, across conditions, children who exhibited "knowledge of the connections" between the base-ten-blocks and written number symbols had higher posttest and transfer test scores relative to children who did not exhibit knowledge of these connections.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Indiana; Wisconsin (Madison)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B130007