Number Line Approach Combined with Cognitive Learning Strategies

The experimental intervention is a 27-lesson program that targets sixth-grade students with low fraction skills, focusing on the number line representation of fractions and incorporating cognitive learning strategies to improve learning and retention. The intervention includes explicit instruction, representational gestures, dual coding, spaced and interleaved practice, and feedback. The lessons are structured around a color run theme, where students practice counting aloud fractions of like denominators along the number line, and engage in games and activities to develop their understanding of fraction concepts, including magnitude judgments and equivalencies.