Pre-Service Teachers' Conceptions and Misconceptions of Physical and Virtual Manipulatives

Enrique Ortiz, University of Central Florida
Heidi Eisenreich, Georgia Southern University

Abstract or Description

It is necessary to assess virtual manipulatives’ impact on the learning process. A possible approach is a framework that combines the wellknown concrete, pictorial and abstract levels with a proposed Virtuallevel. We will discuss preservice teachers’ understanding of the framework.