Submission Type

Event

Expected Graduation Date

2012

Location

Lower Level, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Start Date

4-14-2012 9:00 AM

End Date

4-14-2012 10:00 AM

Abstract

This is a study exploring how hands-on activities, including the use of physical and virtual manipulatives, facilitate students’ learning. The research was conducted during a student teaching semester in a rural elementary school, specifically in a Kindergarten classroom. There were sixteen students in the classroom, all between the ages of five and six years old. Three major data sources were analyzed: photographs, sample student work, and teacher journals. Photographs were content analyzed and students’ work and teacher journals were analyzed using Glaser and Strauss’s (1967) Grounded Theory. Additional supplemental data sources included student verbal responses and lesson plans. Students’ participation, engagement, collaboration, and performance were emerging themes from the data analysis. Findings support that hands-on activities have positive influence on students’ learning when supplemented with other teaching practices.

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Apr 14th, 9:00 AM Apr 14th, 10:00 AM

Using Hands-On Activities and Manipulatives in Kindergarten

Lower Level, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

This is a study exploring how hands-on activities, including the use of physical and virtual manipulatives, facilitate students’ learning. The research was conducted during a student teaching semester in a rural elementary school, specifically in a Kindergarten classroom. There were sixteen students in the classroom, all between the ages of five and six years old. Three major data sources were analyzed: photographs, sample student work, and teacher journals. Photographs were content analyzed and students’ work and teacher journals were analyzed using Glaser and Strauss’s (1967) Grounded Theory. Additional supplemental data sources included student verbal responses and lesson plans. Students’ participation, engagement, collaboration, and performance were emerging themes from the data analysis. Findings support that hands-on activities have positive influence on students’ learning when supplemented with other teaching practices.

 

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