Abstract
The INK-12: Interactive Ink Inscriptions in K-12 project, a collaboration between MIT and TERC, has been investigating the use of a pen-based wireless classroom interaction system in upper elementary math and science classes for the past 4 years [3]. This chapter reports on a study that investigated the ways in which a pen-based drawing tool could support 4th and 5th grade special needs students in learning multiplicative reasoning. The drawing tool is what we call a stamp, which enables students to draw an image, then duplicate the image to create a mathematical representation, e.g., four groups of six. We worked with a class of eight special needs students for 10 classroom sessions of between 45Â minutes and an hour, using a structured sequence of multiplication and division problems. We identified several specific ways in which stamps helped the students gain more proficiency with multiplicative reasoning and based on pre- and post- assessments, saw evidence of their academic progress.
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This research is funded by NSF DRK-12 collaborative awards DRL-1020152 (Koile), DRL-1019841 (Rubin); many thanks to program officers Michael Haney and Robert Gibbs for their support. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions from the MIT CLP research group: Steve Diles, Claire DeRosa, Eryn Maynard, Jessie Mueller, and Kelsey Von Tish; Lily Ko at TERC; Katie Sawrey at Tufts; and David Reider at Education Design, Inc.
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Rubin, A., Storeygard, J., Koile, K. (2015). Supporting Special Needs Students in Drawing Mathematical Representations. In: Hammond, T., Valentine, S., Adler, A., Payton, M. (eds) The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15594-4_6
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