About the Intervention
Fraction Face-Off! is a math instruction program designed to improve knowledge of fractions and decimals in fourth-graders at risk for low mathematics achievement. The program is delivered in small groups of three students by trained tutors and consists of three 30-minute lessons per week for 12 weeks. The curriculum emphasizes a measurement approach to fractions using number lines, fraction tiles, and fraction circles to teach fraction concepts and calculations. Each lesson includes teacher instruction, student group work, supplemental activities, and individual student work. Two versions were studied: a fluency version with strategic speed activities using flashcards to automate problem solving, and a conceptual version with manipulatives to encourage reasoning. Tutors participated in a week-long workshop training followed by bi-weekly 1-hour trainings focused on lesson content, student behavior management, and responding to varying student skill levels.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect: on Fraction Number Line
Positive effect: on NAEP-selected items
Positive effect: on Fraction Battery-Revised
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Focus Areas
N/APrograms & Services
Remedial Education, Targeted Intervention ProgramDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s)Citation
(2014). WWC Review of the Report "Does Working Memory Moderate the Effects of Fraction Intervention? An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review (ED550650). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED550650.pdf.
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