Fast Track produced a positive, statistically significant effect on emotional/internal behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance after one year¶
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q4 i? The RCT found, and the WWC confirmed, a positive and statistically significant intervention-comparison difference on the Emotion Recognition Questionnaire and the Interview of Emotional Experience, with an average improvement index of +9 percentile points. → Fast Track: Elementary School 2014
Evidence¶
Fast Track: Elementary School 2014¶
Fast Track: Elementary School. (2014). WWC Intervention Report, U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/628
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Findings from the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group (1999a) randomized controlled trial, which met WWC standards without reservations, after one year of implementation. The domain rating is "potentially positive effects," with an average improvement index of +9 percentile points (range +7 to +11) for 855 students in 54 schools; no standardized effect size is printed.
"a positive and statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Emotion Recognition Question-naire and Interview of Emotional Experience"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Emotional Intelligence — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Fast Track showed positive, statistically significant effects on some external behavior measures after one year, with no significant differences on eight other measures — related
- One study found the intervention effect on conduct problems was stronger for youth at greater risk of developing conduct problems. — related
- Fast Track showed positive, statistically significant effects on three social outcome measures after one year, with no significant differences on three others — related
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Fast Track produced a positive, statistically significant effect on emotional/internal behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance after one year |
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Fast Track produced a positive, statistically significant effect on emotional/internal behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance after one year |
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2014 |
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