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Selection Of Apps For Teaching Difficult Mathematics Topics: An Instrument To Evaluate Touch-Screen Tablet And Smartphone Mathematics Apps, Immaculate Kizito Namukasa, George Gadanidis, Vera Sarina, S Scucuglia, Kinful Lartebea Aryee

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Manipulatives—including the more recent touch-screen mobile device apps—belong to a broader network of learning tools. As teachers continue to search for learning materials that aid children to think mathematically, they are faced with a challenge of how to select materials that meet the needs of students. The profusion of virtual learning tools available via the Internet magnifies this challenge. What criteria could teachers use when choosing useful manipulatives? In this chapter, we share an evaluation instrument for teachers to use to evaluate apps. The dimensions of the instrument include: (a) the nature of the curriculum addressed in the app— emergent, …