Incorporating Virtual Manipulatives into Your Curriculum

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Incorporating Virtual Manipulatives into Your
Curriculum

• Elizabeth Turner Smith
• University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA
• bsmith_at_ulm.edu
• Jane Wampler
• Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT
• JWampler_at_hcc.commnet.edu

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Online Manipulatives

• Free
• Useful in a classroom of one or many computers
• Can be used to increase understanding
• Can be used with students who need extra practice

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Free Virtual Manipulative Sites

• Educational Java Programs
• http//arcytech.org/java/
• http//ejad.best.vwh.net/java/
• Instructions
• Lessons
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• http//matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
• Instructions
• Activities

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Base 10 Blocks Exploring Whole Decimal Numbers,
Place Value

• Java Programs
• Representing Whole Numbers and Decimals/ Place
  Value
• Multiplying
• Virtual Manipulative Library
• Adding Whole Numbers
• Subtracting Whole Numbers
• Adding/Subtracting Decimals

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Additional Number Operations

• Java Programs
• Integer (Cuisenaire) Rods for Addition/Subtraction
  /Multiplication/Division
• Virtual Manipulative Library
• Number Line Arithmetic
• Multiplication
• Rectangular
• Common
• Lattice
• Division

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Fractions LCM/GCF

• Educational Java Programs
• Integer (Cuisenaire) Rods
• Equivalent fractions
• LCD
• GCF
• Addition/Subtraction
• Fraction Strips
• Comparing fractions
• Fraction/Decimal/Percent Equivalence
• Equivalent fractions
• Pattern Blocks
• Equivalent fractions/LCD
• Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying/Dividing Fractions

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Fractions LCM/GCF

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Naming
• Visualizing
• Parts of a Whole
• Equivalent
• Comparing
• Adding
• Rectangle Multiplication

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Integers

• Red and Black Chip Addition
• Red and Black Chip Subtraction
• Number Line Bounce

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Summary

• http//arcytech.org/java/
• http//ejad.best.vwh.net/java/
• http//matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

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Conclusion

• Great Tools for Schools with little or no money
  from physical manipulatives
• Great for Classrooms with one computer
• Great for Computer Lab
• Great for advanced students