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Danielle A. L. Desfosses – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs abound in schools worldwide, adopted in large part on limited and varied evidence that the social/SEL skills acquired in these programs contribute to academic achievement. However, large-scale studies with the most common SEL program in the United States (Second StepĀ®) have yielded no evidence of academic…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Prosocial Behavior, Academic Achievement, Social Emotional Learning
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O'Hare, Liam; Biggart, Andy; Kerr, Karen; Connolly, Paul – Elementary School Journal, 2015
A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the effects of a prosocial behavior after-school program called Mate-Tricks for 9- and 10-year-old children and their parents living in an area of significant socioeconomic disadvantage. The children were randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 220) or a control group (n = 198). Children were…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Prosocial Behavior, Economically Disadvantaged, Research Methodology