Non-linear fact-family exploration with partner matching, flip books, and products-grid activities¶

Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The intervention organized facts practice as exploratory activities rather than sequential drill: students matched product cards with factor-pair cards in tabular arrangements, tested one another with homemade fact flip books, and inspected “interesting nines products relationships on a 10x10 products grid.” Fact families were addressed in non-linear fashion, with sevens and eights explored before fours and sixes, and only two sequential sevens facts worked on at a time to build confidence before fitting the family together as a complete set 1-12.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Sessions of 30 minutes, one-week intervals, replicated systematically across classrooms by the researcher

Constraints¶

A week was missed on two occasions at each school for state testing and spring vacation, extending the timeframe to twelve weeks

Target Learners¶

Grade 3 students in diverse suburban elementary schools

Learning Goals¶

automaticity with single-digit multiplication facts

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Barbara Allen-Lyall. (2018). Helping Students to Automatize Multiplication Facts: A Pilot Study. IEJEE, Volume 10, Issue 4, 391-396. https://doi.org/10.26822/iejee.2018438128

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`title`	`Non-linear fact-family exploration with partner matching, flip books, and products-grid activities`
`description`	`The intervention organized facts practice as exploratory activities rather than sequential drill: students matched product cards with factor-pair cards in tabular arrangements, tested one another with homemade fact fl...`
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