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Using Manipulatives To Investigate Esol Students' Achievement And Dispositions In Algebra, Donna L. Marsh
Using Manipulatives To Investigate Esol Students' Achievement And Dispositions In Algebra, Donna L. Marsh
Doctor of Education in Teacher Leadership Dissertations
The purpose of this embedded quasi-experimental mixed methods research was to investigate the effectiveness of concrete and virtual manipulatives on the achievement of English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) as they employ them to explore linear and exponential functions in high school Sheltered Common Core Coordinate Algebra. Also of interest were the effects concrete and virtual manipulatives have on their disposition towards mathematics and math class. Another goal was to investigate the benefits and disadvantages of using concrete and virtual manipulatives versus traditional instructional practices.
This was a 5-week study. The control group (N=20) was instructed through the use of …