Teaching Division Using Lego Bricks

In Teaching Division Using LEGO(r) Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of division, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes-LEGO(r) bricks! True understanding of division goes far beyond memorizing facts. Modeling the process of division with LEGO(r) bricks helps students visualize the math problem. We know that students learn in many different ways. This book provides a variety of modeling techniques using LEGO(r) bricks, allowing all students to experience that "Aha! I get it!" moment. In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO(r) bricks help students learn: equal shares or partitive division repeated subtraction or quotitive division multiplication and division fact families basic division two-digit division and dividing larger numbers The book starts at the most basic concepts and focuses on a specific topic in each chapter. Most students learn these concepts between grades 3 - 6. Using LEGO(r) bricks to model math provides a universal language. Children everywhere recognize this manipulative. It's fun to learn when you're using LEGO(r) bricks in the classroom! "

• | Author: Shirley Disseler
• | Publisher: Brigantine Media
• | Publication Date: Jul 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 56 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1938406575
• | ISBN-13: 9781938406577