Keywords
Academic achievement; Addition; Choice (Psychology); Explanation; Manipulatives (Education); Mathematics, Elementary; School children Attitudes; Second grade
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to improve my teaching practice, as well as my second grade students' success with two-digit addition concepts, by allowing them to choose the manipulative tools to explore problems and justify solutions. I examined how allowing my students this choice influenced their attitudes, achievement, and explanations of their thought processes. I found that allowing students to choose their own manipulatives had positive influences in all three areas. Pre- and post-test results showed an overall shift toward more positive mathematics attitudes, as well as increased academic achievement with two-digit addition concepts. Students also demonstrated changes in the ways they used the manipulatives, as well as how they explained their solutions to two-digit addition problems.
Graduation Date
2012
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Andreasen, Janet
Degree
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
College
College of Education and Human Performance
Department
Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Degree Program
K-8 Mathematics and Science Education
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0004267
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004267
Language
English
Release Date
5-15-2012
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Education;Education -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Siegel, Aryn, "The Influence of Choice in Manipulatives on Second Grade Students' Attitudes, Achievement, and Explanations of Two-Digit Addition Concepts" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4680.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4680