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Five-activity lesson structure with short, predictable activities for intervention lessons

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Description

Each FSI lesson follows five predictable activities: Sprint (~3 min) multiplication fluency practice, Warm Up (~1-3 min) review of prior content, Huddle (~18 min) main instruction with slides and manipulatives, Game-based Practice (~5 min) retrieval-based games with whiteboards, and Cool Down (~3-5 min) interleaved independent problems serving as formative assessment. The article states "Short activities hold students' attention by providing a variety of contexts for learning targeted concepts." The Cool Down structure "allowed for distributed and interleaved practice at the conclusion of each lesson."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • A workbook with color-coded pages for each activity and animated PowerPoint slides presented by the teacher

Constraints

  • The intervention was designed for a 30-minute class, which can be difficult for teachers preparing 50-minute sessions

Target Learners

  • sixth-grade students with mathematics difficulties in intervention classes

Learning Goals

  • fraction magnitude concepts
  • fraction arithmetic fluency

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Nancy C. Jordan, Nancy Dyson, Taylor-Paige Guba, Megan Botello, Heather Suchanec-Cooper, Henry May. (2024). Exploring the Impact of a Fraction Sense Intervention in Authentic School Environments: An Initial Investigation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.105954
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title Five-activity lesson structure with short, predictable activities for intervention lessons
description Each FSI lesson follows five predictable activities: Sprint (~3 min) multiplication fluency practice, Warm Up (~1-3 min) review of prior content, Huddle (~18 min) main instruction with slides and manipulatives, Game-b...
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