PATHS spiral sequencing treats basic emotions as prerequisites for complex emotions across four levels of complexity¶

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q2 i? In PATHS, understanding of basic emotions is treated as a prerequisite for learning about complex emotions, implying a hierarchical relationship, with the fifty-six lessons divided into four levels of complexity. → Wu 2000

Evidence¶

Wu 2000¶

Wu, Yann-Shya. (2000). Guidelines for Instructional Sequencing in Emotional Literacy Learning Using PATHS Curriculum as an Example. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED455810

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Document analysis of the PATHS Feelings and Relationships Unit, which Greenberg and associates divide into 4 levels of complexity from basic and intermediate emotions (lessons 1-21) to advanced emotions (lessons 48-54), shows a "hierarchical relationship" of basic-to-complex emotions.

"an understanding of basic emotions is treated as a prerequisite for learning about complex emotions, and it is assumed that basic emotions are the ones that complex emotions are based upon. Therefore, we may conclude that a hierarchical relationship exists here."

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Related Claims¶

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