Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iAIFGo103920; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:16:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:16:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s19c67b7.058@gwia.parkland.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Evelyn Brown" <ebrown@parkland.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4497] Re: Long Division Help!!! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 968 Lines: 30 A way I have used to teach long division is to uses the four steps, +, -, divide, bring down, each written in a different color, and on an index card. Then this becomes a portable aid to use in the division process. Eventually the student learns to write the four steps himself and then moves gradually to more independence. Of course some students still use a four function calculator to check basic facts if that is an accommodations. Evelyn Evelyn Brown Learning Disability Specialist Parkland College 2400 West Bradley Champaign, IL 61821 217.351.2587 fax 217.353.2305 ebrown@parkland.edu >>> woods@ncia.net 11/17/2004 9:33:34 PM >>> Mag wrote: > Another way to think of division is repeated subtraction. In > 30/5, how many 5's can be subtracted from 30 until five can no longer be > taken away. Count up the minus signs. The number at the bottom, if not > 0, is the remainder. Any student who can subtract can divide. Jeanne Very elegant, Jeanne!
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