A psychological study of negative effects of instruction with concrete manipulatives: How could we avoid its interference in task performance?

• Project/Area Number: 25780384
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Ishinomaki Senshu University (2014-2015); Tohoku University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: SATO Seiko 石巻専修大学, 人間学部, 助教 (20633655)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 教授学習過程 / 算数・数学学習 / 具体物モデル / 学習者による「まとめ」 / 抽象化 / 授業過程 / 学習過程 / 具体物による教授 / 教授法 / 学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated negative effects of concrete manipulatives on learners’ task performances focusing on their knowledge construction during learning with the manipulatives. Through analyses of lessons and learners’ thinking processes it is suggested that the negative effect emerges when the learners’ knowledge representation is focusing on the concrete object itself and in order to avoid it, it is important to construct knowledge representation focusing on the target concept in learning and relate it to manipulation of the concrete objects.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 具体物を用いた教授学習場面における学習者の思考過程―積極的効果を保証する条件の検討― (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐藤誠子
  • Journal Title: 石巻専修大学研究紀要 Volume: 27 Pages: 93-100
  • NAID: 40020786153
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 授業における学習者の「まとめ」の違いとその後の課題解決との関連―具体物を用いた算数授業の場合― (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤誠子
  • Journal Title: 教授学習心理学研究 Volume: 11 Pages: 28-39
  • NAID: 40020617518
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 教授学習場面における具体物の利用とその課題―算数・数学学習に焦点をあてて― (2014)
  • Author(s): 佐藤誠子
  • Journal Title: 東北大学大学院教育学研究科研究年報 Volume: 62
  • NAID: 120005467213
• [Presentation] 具体物を用いた教授場面における学習者の思考過程の検討―積極的効果をもたらす条件について― (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤誠子
  • Organizer: 日本教育心理学会第57回総会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-26 – 2015-08-28