Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 13 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 18 |
Descriptor
Emotional Development | 18 |
Program Effectiveness | 18 |
Social Development | 16 |
Grade 7 | 15 |
Intervention | 11 |
Student Behavior | 10 |
At Risk Students | 9 |
Grade 6 | 9 |
Grade 8 | 9 |
Middle School Students | 8 |
Age Differences | 7 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Holmes, Venita | 3 |
Casillas, Alex | 2 |
Agley, Daniel L. | 1 |
Agley, Jon | 1 |
Albert, Melissa A. | 1 |
Allen, Jeff | 1 |
Atkinson, Sarah | 1 |
Augustine, Catherine H. | 1 |
Açak, Mahmut | 1 |
Barnes, Tia N. | 1 |
Brackett, Marc | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Reports - Research | 16 |
Journal Articles | 9 |
Numerical/Quantitative Data | 2 |
Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Grade 7 | 18 |
Secondary Education | 16 |
Elementary Education | 15 |
Junior High Schools | 15 |
Middle Schools | 15 |
Grade 6 | 12 |
Grade 8 | 12 |
Intermediate Grades | 12 |
Grade 5 | 8 |
Grade 4 | 6 |
Grade 3 | 4 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Location
Texas (Houston) | 4 |
Canada | 1 |
Denmark | 1 |
Florida | 1 |
Hawaii | 1 |
Illinois | 1 |
Indiana | 1 |
Massachusetts (Boston) | 1 |
New York | 1 |
New York (Rochester) | 1 |
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Child Behavior Checklist | 1 |
Patterns of Adaptive Learning… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards | 1 |
Albert, Melissa A.; Way, Jason D.; Moore, Joann; Walton, Kate E.; Casillas, Alex; McCormick, Norma Ortiz – ACT, Inc., 2020
Learners from underserved backgrounds tend to show lower levels of college readiness (ACT, 2016a; ACT, 2018). In part to address these disparities, the authors investigated growth in social and emotional (SE) skills in a cohort of largely Hispanic, high-poverty students who participated in GEAR UP. GEAR UP is a discretionary federal grant program…
Descriptors: Intervention, College Readiness, Hispanic American Students, Poverty
Agley, Jon; Jun, Mikyoung; Eldridge, Lori; Agley, Daniel L.; Xiao, Yunyu; Sussman, Steve; Golzarri-Arroyo, Lilian; Dickinson, Stephanie L.; Jayawardene, Wasantha; Gassman, Ruth – Online Submission, 2021
Background: Schools increasingly prioritize social-emotional competence and bullying and cyberbullying prevention, so the development of novel, low-cost, and high-yield programs addressing these topics is important. Further, rigorous assessment of interventions prior to widespread dissemination is crucial. Objective: This study assesses the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Bullying, Program Implementation
Coskuner, Zeki; Büyükçelebi, Hakan; Kurak, Kemal; Açak, Mahmut – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
Life skills are applicable psycho-social skills and abilities to develop desired qualities such as self-confidence and socialization. In this context, the research aims to investigate how participation in sports activities during secondary education affects an individual's life skills. In the research, the sample group consists of a total of 698…
Descriptors: Athletics, Secondary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Improving Social-Emotional Competencies in the Secondary Education Classroom through the SEA Program
Rodríguez-Ledo,César; Orejudo Hernández, Santos; Celma Pastor, Laura; Cardoso Moreno, María Jesus – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2018
Introduction: This paper presents an assessment of the impact of a social and emotional competencies development program, based on the SEA theoretical model (attention to and understanding emotions, emotional regulation and repair, and adaptive social expression of emotions), in adolescents and preadolescents. Method: Students' homeroom teachers…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Katz, Jennifer; Mercer, Sterett H.; Skinner, Sarah – School Mental Health, 2020
A multisite cluster-randomized trial (by school) was conducted to examine the effects of a combined mental health literacy and dialectical behavior therapy skills program implemented by teachers on three protective factors related to social and emotional well-being. The sample of eight schools that were randomly assigned to intervention included…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Literacy
Cipra, Alli; Hall, LaTreese – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2019
While bullying is a serious concern for students and educators alike, empirically tested interventions are needed. This study examined the impact of a bullying intervention curriculum at a public middle school in the Midwest. This intervention, CORE"Matters", was designed to reduce bullying behaviors, foster a greater sense of community…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Public Schools, Middle Schools
Cipriano, Christina; Barnes, Tia N.; Rivers, Susan E.; Brackett, Marc – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2019
The present paper examines if developmental pathways for students at risk for academic failure can be improved through social and emotional learning (SEL). Specifically, we test this hypothesis by accounting for shifts in student engagement, a highly studied and malleable construct often inclusive of SEL interventions, as the pathway by which to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, At Risk Students, Intervention, Academic Failure
Kuo, Yi-Lung; Allen, Jeff; Casillas, Alex – ACT, Inc., 2020
This study investigated the relationships between social and emotional learning factors and course failure for 9,308 7th-9th graders. Student self-report measures of social and emotional learning (SEL) and biographical factors (ACT® Engage® Grades 6-9) were analyzed through multiple regression models with propensity score weighting techniques. The…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Grade 7, Grade 8
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Augustine, Catherine H.; Pane, John F.; Schweig, Jonathan – RAND Corporation, 2020
The National Summer Learning Project (NSLP) examined the implementation and effectiveness of voluntary summer learning programs developed by five school districts--Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Duval County, Florida; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Rochester, New York--and their local community partners. The study spanned three phases. The…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Achievement Gains
Green, Sarah L.; Atkinson, Sarah – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
"FRIENDS for life" is a manualised, 10 week, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based programme designed to be run in school and community settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of "FRIENDS for life" when implemented in a mainstream secondary school by school staff. Data regarding implementation of the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
McBride, Amanda Moore; Chung, Saras; Robertson, Anne – Journal of Experiential Education, 2016
Behaviors that warrant school discipline (e.g., fighting, victimizing peers) is detrimental to school climate and the learning process. This study examines the effectiveness of preventing school disciplinary incidents in middle school through an experiential, social and emotional learning (SEL) program. A community youth development organization,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Emotional Development, Discipline Problems, Social Development
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2017
For the past three years, SELF (Sports, Education, Life Skills, and Faith) has focused on improving academic, behavioral, and social skills of students at Key, Revere, and Meyerland middle schools in the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Tutorials, an essay contest, character-building lessons, sports, a high-school bridge program, and…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Middle School Students, Academic Ability, Student Development
Nielsen, Line; Meilstrup, Charlotte; Nelausen, Malene Kubstrup; Koushede, Vibeke; Holstein, Bjørn Evald – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: Within the framework of Health Promoting Schools "Up" is an intervention using a whole school approach aimed at promoting mental health by strengthening social and emotional competence among schoolchildren. Social and emotional competence is an integral part of many school-based mental health interventions but only a minority of…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Competence, Health Promotion
Brian R. Flay – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Several social-emotional learning (SEL) or social-emotional and character development (SECD) programs have been shown to be effective at improving SEL/SECD skills, and some have also provided evidence of effectiveness in improving student behavior and academic achievement (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011). Very few SEL…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Emotional Development, Social Development, Values Education
Holmes, Venita – Houston Independent School District, 2016
The SELF Foundation afterschool program involved 255 students at Key, Revere, and Meyerland (formerly Johnston) middle schools in tutorials and enrichment activities to support their academic, social, and emotional development. All students at SELF schools were allowed to participate in a character-building essay contest for prizes. Program impact…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Middle School Students, Academic Ability, Student Development
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1 | 2