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DMT Insight 26 The Lasting Impact of Math Manipulatives

Addition / Subtraction (K-2) Geometry / Measurement / Data (K-2) Patterns (K-2) Place Value (K-2) Problem Solving (K-2) Spatial Reasoning (K-2) Whole Number Concepts (K-2) Whole Numbers (K-2)

This DMT Insight reviews research on manipulatives in early mathematics and explains how connecting cubes, counting chips, dice, and pattern blocks each support different mathematical ideas, at school and at home through math packs.

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