Dr. Shirley Disseler
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Author of the Brick Math books, Dr. Shirley Disseler has been Associate Professor at High Point University and the STEM Coordinator for the BA to MEd Program, and currently serves as Adjunct Professor at Catawba College. She has over 30 years of educational experience, from elementary school teaching through higher education, including gifted education and exceptional children. She is the CEO of BrickEd & More, a center for innovation and creative play in Salisbury, NC.
"There’s no such thing as a student who is bad at math. They just need to be taught using techniques that are good for teaching.”
Dr. Shirley Disseler Disseler is a LEGO® Education Academy Trainer and serves as the LEGO® Math Expert for Elementary Curriculum Development. She has been instrumental in the development and testing of the LearnToLearn, MoreToMath, and WeDo 2.0 products. She serves on the LEGO® Education Ambassadors Panel and is the trainer for the High Point University Teacher Academy for LEGO® Education.
Disseler is the author of all the books in the Brick Math series, as well as Strategies and Activities for Common Core Math, Parts 1 & 2. She conducts research on engagement and creativity in mathematics classrooms and offers consulting in manipulative mathematics, active learning, classroom management, and learning with LEGO® bricks. |