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RTI, or Response to Intervention, is a multi-tiered approach used by schools nationwide to identify and support the educational needs of all students.  Learn More. The tiers are as follows:
  • Tier 1: High-Quality Classroom Instruction, Screening, and Group Interventions
  • Tier 2: Targeted Interventions
  • Tier 3: Intensive Interventions and Comprehensive Evaluation

Factivation!® can be used at all tiers to deliver effective Math fact instruction and/or intervention.

At Tier 1, teachers use Factivation!® in a whole group setting for their "first, best" Math fact instruction.

Factivation!® uses researched, high-yield strategies to deliver results.

You may be familiar with the work of Dr. Robert Marzano, a leading researcher in the field of education. Dr. Marzano's learning map, outlines 41 elements of effective classroom instruction, divided into 9 design questions (DQ).  Each falls under one of the following three lesson segments: Involving Routine Events, Addressing Content, Enacted on the Spot. Factivation!® correlates to many of the 41 identified classroom strategies

implement Factivation for Math Fact Fluency Promoting a Successful Schoolwide Implementation

“Not another program!” “I already have enough on my plate…now this too!” “This may be 'the thing’ this year, but next year it will be out the window like everything else.”
  Having spent 15+ years as an elementary classroom teacher, I've had the opportunity to eat lunch daily in the teacher’s lounge (although there never was much lounging!) and attend weekly grade level and/or faculty meetings. I have heard it all (and have probably even said it all myself) when it comes to administrative mandates that seem to be ever-changing.

 
Multiplication strategies

STEP 1: Start with Strategies to Create a Mental Hook

Why use strategies (like Rule, Trick, Chant, and Connection™) to teach Math facts rather than just having students memorize in a traditional rote manner? The Factivation!® strategies utilize existing schema. They apply meaning to each fact, thereby increasing a students' ability to recall the product.