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Publication Date: 1994
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Social Decision-Making and Life Skills Development: A Critical Thinking Approach to Health Promotion in the Middle School.
Elias, Maurice J.; Kress, Jeffrey S.
Journal of School Health, v64 n2 p62-66 Feb 1994
Describes a classroom-based social decision-making intervention to promote health and prevent problem behaviors. The approach unites social-cognitive, affective, behavioral, and social relationship areas with critical thinking skills important for academic achievement. Because middle school students are high risk for negative health outcomes, they are key targets for such intervention. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Health Promotion, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Skill Development, Social Behavior
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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