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Towards a new kind of computational manipulative: children learning math and designing quilts with manipulatives that afford both

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DigiQuilt is a software system intended to allow children to design patchwork quilt blocks in the context of learning about symmetry and fractions. It combines the benefits of virtual manipulatives and learning through design. In the following pages, we describe a new kind of manipulative environment with explicit support for design and math.

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IDC '04: Proceedings of the 2004 conference on Interaction design and children: building a community
June 2004
190 pages
ISBN:1581137915
DOI:10.1145/1017833
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