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ERIC Number: EJ1181554
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
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Instructional Support and Academic Skills: Impacts of "INSIGHTS" in Classrooms with Shy Children
Meghan McCormick; Hope White; Parham Horn; Rachel Lacks; Erin O'Connor; Elise Cappella; Sandee McClowry
Early Education and Development, v29 n5 p691-715 2018
Research Findings: This study investigated how mean classroom-level shyness scores moderated the impacts of "INSIGHTS" into "Children's Temperament" on instructional support and students' math and reading skills in kindergarten and 1st-grade classrooms. "INSIGHTS" is a temperament-based social-emotional learning intervention with teacher, parent, and classroom programs. A total of 22 low-income urban elementary schools, 90 teachers, and 435 children were included in the study. Schools were randomly assigned to "INSIGHTS" or an attention-control condition. Multilevel modeling demonstrated larger impacts of "INSIGHTS" on instructional support in 1st-grade classrooms with greater mean classroom-level shyness scores. A further set of multilevel analyses showed larger impacts of "INSIGHTS" on math skills for students in classrooms with greater mean classroom-level shyness scores. Practice or Policy: Results suggest the importance of considering temperament at the classroom level when deciding how to allocate limited resources to the implementation of temperament-based intervention and/or social-emotional learning programs. Moreover, providing professional development supports to teachers of shy students--who are at risk for poorer instruction and academic skills--should be considered by policymakers and practitioners.
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Related Records: ED651419
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Leiter International Performance Scale
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