Notes+to+teachers

=We have used Bruner's Stages of Representation, a cognitive learning theory to create our algebra activity. Although Bruner is typically associated with manipulatives, such as number tiles, our manipulatives are the students' fists and heights. By taking the measurements themselves, the students are touching, feeling, manipulating the "data" by measuring themselves in height and fist size. = =﻿Enactive Stage: An action that involves touching and feeling - Taking your measurements in inches = = = = = = = =﻿Iconic Stage: using visuals to represent the data- Organizing ordered pairs and plotting them = =media type="youtube" key="-Hut9QnQlF8" height="260" width="352" = =﻿Symbolic stage: the abstract phase - Analyze data and find equation = =media type="youtube" key="Ydygd74kUHE" height="260" width="352" = = = =For more information about Bruner's Theory =