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Virtual Manipulatives in a Computer-Based Learning Environment: How Experimental Data Informs the Design of Future Systems

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In the fall of 2009, we conducted an experiment in which we compared virtual and physical fractions manipulatives. We facilitated instruction in the virtual condition using a program called Virtually Fractions, which we designed specifically for the experiment. The instructional elements of Virtually Fractions align with a commercial curriculum that integrates physical manipulatives into instruction. As such, our experiment allowed us to test the non-instructional elements of the Virtually Fractions system within a proven instructional model. In this paper, we discuss the design of the system as well as what the data collected during our experiment tells us about the ways students interacted with the system.

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  1. Dept. of EECS/ISIS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Maria Mendiburo & Gautam Biswas

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  1. EECS Department/ISIS, Vanderbilt University, TN 37235, Nashville, USA

    Gautam Biswas

  2. Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K.

    Susan Bull

  3. School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, 1 Cleveland Street, 2006, Sydney, Australia

    Judy Kay

  4. College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, 8140, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Antonija Mitrovic

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Mendiburo, M., Biswas, G. (2011). Virtual Manipulatives in a Computer-Based Learning Environment: How Experimental Data Informs the Design of Future Systems. In: Biswas, G., Bull, S., Kay, J., Mitrovic, A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education. AIED 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6738. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_85

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