Manipulative/Interactive Media Flashcards
refers to materials, programs, applications and the like that
teachers and students use to formulate new information to aid
learning through the use, analysis,evaluation and production of
interactive and hands-on media
Manipulative Information and Media
Manipulative media is also known as
Interactive Media
is a method of communication in which the
program’s outputs depend on the user’s inputs, and the user’s
inputs in turn affect the program’s outputs.
Interactive Media
- An educational reformer
who exemplified Romanticism
in his approach
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
- First person who strongly
believed and advocated the
use of hands-on learning or
manipulative
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
- A student of Pestalozzi
Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel
- Laid the foundation for
modern education “Father of
kindergarten”
Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel
- Included geometric building
blocks and pattern activity
blocks
Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel
- An Italian physician and
educator
Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori
- Developed the use of
manipulative
Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori
- Goal “learn through
personal investigation and
exploration”
Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori
- Swiss developmental
psychologist and philosopher
Jean Piaget
- Says, children must first
construct knowledge through
“concrete operations” before
moving on to “formal
operations
Jean Piaget
2 TYPES OF MANIPULATIVE MEDIA
- Traditional Manipulatives
- Digital Manipulatives
- Concrete or physical object
- Present since the advent of
computer - These are objects from the real
world that can be moved,
assembled, disassembled, etc. to
show a concept.
Traditional Manipulatives
