Touchscreen devices have become prominent in a variety of educational contexts due to
their hands-on and interactive learning styles, which textbooks and oral instruction may not …

Rational number and fractions concepts are inherently difficult; and lack of mastery often
holds students back from success in subsequent mathematics courses. This paper describes …

Extensive research has been published on the nature of classroom mathematical discourse
and on the impact of technology tools, such as virtual manipulatives (VM), on students' …

The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between app affordances and user
abilities in second graders' interactions with mathematics virtual manipulative touchscreen …

Technology is an increasingly important component of education. Children's mathematical
interactions with technology have become a focus of mathematics education research, but …

Limited research has been conducted on the use of mathematics apps in elementary school
environments. The purpose of this study was to examine student (n= 127) and teacher (n= 6) …

Although teachers are expected to teach with technology, they often are not prepared or
supported to do so (Albion, Tondeur, Forkosh-Baruch, & Peeraer, 2015), a critical issue in …

While extensive research has examined the outcomes of interacting with virtual
manipulatives, less research has focused on constructs and relationships among constructs …

Advances in educational neuroscience have made it possible for researchers to conduct
studies that observe concurrent behavioral (ie, task performance) and neural (ie, brain …

This exploratory qualitative study investigated the presence of and relationships among
constructs that contribute to children's interactions with educational technology, leading to …