Learning Fractions Using LEGO Bricks: Student Edition

By Dr Shirley Disseler and Shirley Disseler

Please note: A newer edition of this book entitled Basic Fractions Using LEGO(R) Bricks: Student Edition is now available on Amazon.This is the student edition to accompany "Teaching Fractions Using LEGO(R) Bricks" and should be used in conjunction with that book.

In Learning Fractions Using LEGO(R) Bricks: Student Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of fractions, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes-LEGO(R) bricks!

Many students struggle with learning fractions. Teachers struggle, too, in finding ways to teach the concepts. LEGO(R) bricks help students learn the mathematical concepts through modeling.

In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO(R) bricks help students learn how to: - recognize fractions- use the vocabulary of fractions- define a whole and represent parts of different sized wholes- add and subtract with like and unlike denominators- represent and understand mixed numbers and find equivalent fractions

The book starts with the most basic concepts and focuses on a specific topic in each chapter. Most students learn these concepts between grades 2 - 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!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938406583
• ISBN13: 9781938406584
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Brigantine Media
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"