Dvision: Student Edition (Grayscale)

In Division Using LEGO® Bricks-Student Edition, 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® bricks!

True understanding of division goes far beyond memorizing facts. Modeling the process of division with LEGO® 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® bricks, allowing all students to experience that "Aha! I get it!" moment.

In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO® 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® bricks to model math provides a universal language. Children everywhere recognize this manipulative. It's fun to learn when you're using LEGO® bricks in the classroom!