Fraction Face-Off!: Supporting Students who Need Assistance Solving Fractions
Intervention Details
Subject
MathAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
12 weeks, three 30-to 35-minute lessons per weekGrade
4Personnel
General Education Teacher, Paraprofessional
Intervention Summary
Fraction Face-Off! is a 12-week program that targets fourth-grade students who have demonstrated difficulty in mathematics, specifically fractions. The program includes 36 lessons delivered over the course of 12 weeks, with each week focusing on specific concepts and skills. The lessons use a variety of activities, including warm-up word problems, group work, speed games, and worksheet activities, to develop competencies in fraction foundations, magnitude reasoning, and operations. The program is designed for use with individual students or small groups of up to three students, and the developer recommends three 30- to 35-minute lessons per week for 12 weeks.
Grade
4Personnel
General Education Teacher, ParaprofessionalStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on geometry and measurement
Positive effect on number and operations
Positive effect on general mathematics achievement
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2020). Fraction Face-Off!. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/1209.
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