| Title |
Warr, Bethany_MED_2024 |
| Collection Name |
Master of Education |
| Description |
To help students close learning gaps and test the effects of enduring learning, a treatment using fraction manipulatives daily in 4th grade mathematics was implemented. |
| Abstract |
When students have long-term absences from instruction, due to illnesses, disasters, or pandemics like COVID-19, they experience unfinished learning that impacts the knowledge they build upon throughout their education. To assist in closing these gaps and improving content retention, a study was implemented testing the effectiveness of mathematical manipulatives in equivalent fraction instruction for fourth-grade students. This study investigated whether manipulatives led to increased learning and whether their implementation led to more enduring learning. While the initial assessment results showed the control group outperforming the treatment group with an increased mean difference in scores from the pre- to post-assessments, the treatment group's mean score after a second post-assessment dropped significantly less than the control group. While both groups experienced decreased learning, this study discusses the effectiveness of fraction manipulatives supplementing learning gaps and lending to more lasting learning. |
| Subject |
Mathematics--Study and teaching; Education, Elementary; Effective teaching |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America |
| Date |
2024 |
| Medium |
Thesis |
| Type |
Text |
| Access Extent |
3.7 MB; 49 page pdf |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce his or her theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records: Master of Education. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61f3t1m |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
129139 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s61f3t1m |
