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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of words used by teachers to make things sound more complicated than they really are such as "manipulatives", when a simpler word would do.[/quote] What word would you use to describe integer chips, algebra tiles, etc? Manipulatives is the umbrella word for the category of objects.[/quote] I have a graduate degree in special education. "Manipulatives" did seem a bit much to describe "objects." LoL. Concrete objects would probably be an accurate description of manipulatives. [/quote] Yeah but when you are in a class and tell kids to use their manipulative to figure out a problem, isn't that easier than saying "get out your concrete objects?"[/quote] I wouldn't use the word manipulatives with the students anyway. I would use words like "blocks" or "fraction strips" or "fraction circles."[/quote]
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