Classroom “I hear, and I forget, I see, and I remember, I do, and I understand.” That is according to Confucius. The application of manipulatives in math classrooms is a long tradition that has continually proven beneficial to both teachers and students. This notion is supported by Boggan, Harper and Whitmire (2010) who insinuate that manipulatives are very useful in teaching and beneficial to students. There are two main categories of manipulatives used by math teachers currently. They consist of concrete manipulatives and virtual manipulatives. As conceptualized by Boggan et al. (2010), concrete manipulatives are physical objects such as coins, clocks, cards, and MAB blocks, which are used to...
