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Grade Skipping from the Perspective of Teachers in Germany: The Links between Teachers' Decisions, Acceptance, and Perceived Knowledge
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Westphal, Andrea; Vock, Miriam; Stubbe, Tobias – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017
The present study explored teachers' perspectives on one specific type of acceleration, namely, grade skipping. In addition, we investigated the extent to which teachers' beliefs about students' academic, motivational, and social development after grade skipping may explain teachers' acceptance of this accelerative strategy. Moreover, we examined…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Multiple Regression Analysis
Multilevel Associations between School-Wide Social-Emotional Learning Approach and Student Engagement across Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
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Yang, Chunyan; Bear, George G.; May, Henry – School Psychology Review, 2018
The concurrent associations between students' perceptions of cognitive-behavioral and emotional engagement in schools and three factors aligning with the major aims of the school-wide social-emotional learning (SEL) approach (i.e., teacher-student relationships, student-student relationships, and teaching of social and emotional competencies) were…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
Impacts of Teacher-Child Managed Whole-Group Language and Literacy Instruction on the Depth of Preschoolers' Social Interaction
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Lin, Tzu-Jung; Justice, Laura M.; Emery, Alyssa A.; Mashburn, Andrew J.; Pentimonti, Jill M. – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: This study examined the potential impacts of ongoing participation (twice weekly for 30 weeks) in teacher-child managed whole-group language and literacy instruction on prekindergarten children's social interaction with classmates. Teacher-child managed whole-group instruction that provides children with opportunities to engage…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Literacy Education, Curriculum
Predictors of Rater Bias in the Assessment of Social-Emotional Competence
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Shapiro, Valerie B.; Kim, B. K. Elizabeth; Accomazzo, Sarah; Roscoe, Joe N. – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2016
"The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment Mini" (DESSA-Mini) (LeBuffe, Shapiro, & Naglieri, 2014) efficiently monitors the growth of Social-Emotional Competence (SEC) in the routine implementation of Social Emotional Learning programs. The DESSA-Mini is used to assess approximately half a million children around the world. Since…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Social Development, Emotional Development, School Districts
Social Goals and Well-Being
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King, Ronnel B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
Students have various social reasons for doing well in school (social-academic goals). However, most studies have focused on competence-oriented achievement goals with little attention paid to social-academic goals. This study aims to examine the role of social-academic goals in students' general well-being (Study 1) and socioemotional functioning…
Descriptors: Well Being, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Social Responsibility
Social Relations and School Life Satisfaction in South Korea
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Kim, Doo Hwan; Kim, Ji Hye – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This study pays special attention to adolescents who are at the critical stage of social, cognitive and emotional development and their satisfaction with school life which is important for their educational experience and adult life. The purpose of this study is to examine how students' relationships with friends, teachers and parents are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Student Attitudes, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries