CW-FIT: Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams to Encourage Students to Demonstrate Appropriate Behavioral Skills and Create a Positive Learning Environment
About the Intervention
CW-FIT is a program that targets student behavior, particularly disruptive and off-task behavior, by teaching and reinforcing social skills through a game-like intervention. The program involves teachers selecting target skills, such as following directions and ignoring inappropriate peer behavior, and using short, scripted lessons to teach these skills to students. Students are then divided into teams and earn points for demonstrating the target skills, with winning teams receiving rewards. CW-FIT can be implemented during whole-class instruction or while students are working independently or in small groups.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect on student behavior
Positive effect on teacher practice
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Focus Areas
Social-Emotional Learning, Economically Disadvantaged, Disciplinary InfractionsPrograms & Services
General EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s), Teachers/Instructional TeamsSource
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2023). Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT). Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/1370.
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