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Fraction Face-Off!

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Description

Fraction Face-Off! is a structured small-group tutoring programme for at-risk fourth graders, delivered by teachers or paraprofessionals through daily supplementary fraction lessons and accompanying manuals and materials.

Components

  • Fraction Face-Off! small-group tutoring program for at-risk fourth graders: Fraction Face-Off! is "an approach to teaching fractions to at-risk fourth graders using small group tutoring." Tutors deliver supplementary lessons of 35 minutes daily for 36 days over a 12-week period, following structured manuals with lesson guides and materials. Content emphasizes "comparing, ordering, placing fractions on number lines, and equivalencies." No technology is required. (Fraction Face-Off! (2021))
  • Fraction Face-Off! supplemental fractions program: Fraction Face-Off! is "a supplemental math program designed to support fourth-grade students who need assistance solving fraction problems." It comprises 36 lessons taught three times a week for 12 weeks, each with a warm-up problem, group work, a speed game to build fluency, and a worksheet. Materials include a teacher's guide, student worksheets, and an optional Implementation Ready Pack with flashcards and manipulatives; the current version is the 2015 Revised Edition. (Fraction Face-Off!)
  • Deliver supplemental fraction tutoring in small groups three times weekly for 12 weeks: The developer recommends "students use Fraction Face-Off! three times a week for 12 weeks for about 30 minutes per session." This dosage was the schedule under which the program's positive effects were demonstrated: in the contributing study, the intervention was delivered three times per week for 12 weeks between September/October and early February, in small groups at a three-to-one ratio, typically during class time or a pull-out time to supplement the math curriculum. (page:designs/fraction-face-off-dosage-three-times-weekly-12-weeks)
  • Four-activity lesson structure combining explicit instruction, fluency games, and individual practice: Each Fraction Face-Off! lesson follows a fixed four-activity structure: "a warm-up word problem, group work during which the teacher demonstrates fraction concepts using explicit instruction, a speed game to build fluency, and a worksheet activity that students complete individually to check their understanding of the fraction concepts." The program pairs frequent fluency practice using speed tests or flashcards with conceptual practice requiring students to explain their reasoning about fractions to the group, plus ongoing assessment through daily worksheets and a cumulative review. (page:designs/fraction-face-off-four-activity-lesson-structure)
  • Fraction Face-Off! multi-component fraction intervention: Fraction Face-Off! is the multi-component fraction intervention in which both the explaining and word-problem components were embedded. "Sessions occurred 3 times per week for 12 weeks with pairs of children," each 35 minutes, with 28 shared minutes focused on the measurement interpretation: comparing, ordering, placing fractions on number lines, and equivalencies. Instruction was explicit with worked examples, efficient strategies, cumulative review, and a motivation system of checkmarks, fraction dollars, and a weekly Fraction Store. (Fuchs et al. (2016))

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Fraction Face-Off!. (2021). Evidence for ESSA program description. https://www.evidenceforessa.org/programs/mathematics/fraction-face-off
  • What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2020, March). Fraction Face-Off!. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/702
  • What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2020, March). Fraction Face-Off!. Retrieved from https://whatworks.ed.gov
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