A Study of Fraction Instruction Using Pattern Blocks as Manipulatives

패턴블록을 활용한 구체적 조작활동에 관한 소고 - 분수학습을 중심으로 -

For many years, the educational effects of instructional manipulatives in mathematics education have been investigated in classroom practice and educational research. This paper demonstrates how pattern block, a type of instructional manipulatives could be used and integrated in elementary mathematics areas in order to develop student's mathematical thinking Further, students' thinking process with pattern blocks is analysed to show their thinking process.