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Effectiveness of School-Based Universal Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Programs: Do They Enhance Students' Development in the Area of Skill, Behavior, and Adjustment?
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Sklad, Marcin; Diekstra, Rene; De Ritter, Monique; Ben, Jehonathan; Gravesteijn, Carolien – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
To answer the question of whether teaching social and emotional skills to foster social-emotional development can help schools extend their role beyond the transfer of knowledge, the authors conducted a meta-analytical review of 75 recently published studies that reported the effects of universal, school-based social, emotional, and/or behavioral…
Descriptors: School Role, Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Development
Examining the Causal Relationships among Selected Antecedents of Responsible Environmental Behavior.
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Hwang, Yeong-Hyeon; Kim, Seong-Il; Jeng, Jiann-Min – Journal of Environmental Education, 2000
Develops a hypothetical causal model of responsible environmental behavior. Uses data from visitors to the urban forest trail in the Kwang-Reung Arboretum, Korea for testing the suggested model. Indicates that in order to enhance responsible environmental behavior, environmental education and interpretation systems need to focus on changing the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Behavior Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Developmental Psychology in the Soviet Union and Its Relevance for Special Education.
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Holowinsky, Ivan Z. – International Journal of Special Education, 1988
This overview of Soviet developmental psychology and its influence on special education focuses on dialectical materialistic interpretations of behavior, socio-historical determinism, zones of proximal development, realization and enhancement of children's cognitive potential, influence of Jean Piaget's work, linking of mental retardation with…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Psychology, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Reaching for Wisdom: An Annotated Bibliography for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
Lethbridge Univ. (Alberta). Faculty of Education. – 1984
A product of the Four Worlds Development Project which is dedicated to eliminating alcohol and drug abuse in Canadian Native societies by 2000, the annotated bibliography cites more than 275 resources dealing with the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. Subject categories include adolescent alcohol and drug abuse, children of alcoholics, fetal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, American Indian Education
Teaching Boys, Developing Fine Men Conference (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 21-22, 2000).
Newcastle Univ., Callaghan (Australia). Family Action Centre. – 2000
This report contains the proceedings of a conference convened to build on the work of those pioneering better teaching and learning techniques for boys. Teachers at the conference were asked to present their schools' experiences in a case study format to maximize the learning and discussion among participants. The report begins with a schedule of…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Case Studies, Child Behavior, Childhood Needs
Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations: Social, Biological, and Educational Dynamics.
Keating, Daniel P., Ed.; Hertzman, Clyde, Ed. – 1999
Asking how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change, this book presents findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon. Topics discussed include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Animal Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development