Early Risers has potentially positive effects on social outcomes, driven by a significant Social Skills Composite effect in one of two studies

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i0–i1
Currency · newest study 2012 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i1 August et al. (2002) found a positive, statistically significant effect on the Social Skills Composite (effect size 0.33) but not on the Adaptability Composite. → Early Risers 2012 q3 i0 August et al. (2003) found no statistically significant difference on social competence measures. → Early Risers 2012 (2)

Evidence¶

Early Risers 2012¶

Early Risers. (2012). WWC Intervention Report: Children Classified as Having an Emotional Disturbance. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.med.umn.edu/psychiatry/research/earlyrisers/home.html

q3 · i1 · causal · r2

In the 20-school randomized prevention trial (199 students analyzed after three years), the Social Skills Composite showed a statistically significant positive effect with effect size 0.33 and p-value 0.02, while the Adaptability Composite effect size was -0.11 (p = 0.14). The WWC confirmed the "positive and statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Social Skills Composite measure."

"August et al. (2002) found, and the WWC confirmed, a positive and statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Social Skills Composite measure, and no statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Adaptability Composite measure."

Early Risers 2012 (2)¶

q3 · i0 · causal · r2

In the urban randomized effectiveness study, the WWC confirmed no statistically significant difference on either social competence measure; the domain average effect size of 0.22 was not large enough to be considered substantively important.

"August et al. (2003) found, and the WWC confirmed, no statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Social Competence Parent Report or Social Competence Teacher Report measures."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Emotional Intelligence — outcome: instruction changes it
Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

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`title`	`Early Risers has potentially positive effects on social outcomes, driven by a significant Social Skills Composite effect in one of two studies`
`description`	`Early Risers has potentially positive effects on social outcomes, driven by a significant Social Skills Composite effect in one of two studies`
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Early Risers has potentially positive effects on social outcomes, driven by a significant Social Skills Composite effect in one of two studies¶