Editing Instructional Manipulatives (section)

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In one of a number of studies conducted by Manches et al.(2010)  to test whether qualitative differences in manipulation led to problem solving studies in children, children ages 5-7 were tasked to solve a partitioning problem. Groups were first asked to solve a problem with no materials. Afterwards, the children were asked to solve additional problems with either paper and pen, or with blocks. Results showed that participants who used the blocks came up with significantly more creative solutions than children in the paper and no material conditions. One conclusion was that in the context of blocks, two hands allowed participants to be able to move multiple blocks at a time, while keeping track of their locations via haptic sensation.