School-based SEL programs promote the development of social and emotional competencies across grade levels¶
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q3 i2 SEL programs, usually taught by classroom teachers, promote the development of social and emotional competencies, with meta-analytic effect sizes ranging from 0.23 to 0.58. → Greenberg 2023
Evidence¶
Greenberg 2023¶
Greenberg, M. T. (2023). Evidence for social and emotional learning in schools. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/928.269
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The report's synthesis of 12 independently conducted meta-analyses of school-based SEL research, spanning studies from six continents and all grades PreK–12, reports that SEL programs promote competencies with "effect sizes range from 0.23 to 0.58".
"SEL programs, usually taught by classroom teachers, promote the development of social and emotional competencies (effect sizes range from 0.23 to 0.58)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Emotional Intelligence — outcome: instruction changes it
- Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Social and emotional learning programs promote competencies, reduce behavior problems, and improve engagement and achievement, with sustained longer-term benefits — a broader claim this one bears on
- SEL programs improve social emotional skills — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Social and emotional competence can be enhanced through explicit instruction, teaching practices, and curriculum integration — related
- SEL interventions improve attitudes, self-regulation, behaviour, and academic performance across reported effect-size ranges — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Social-emotional learning benefits persist at follow-up — related
- Universal school-based SEL programs improve students' behaviour, with a small and, in recent randomised trials, negligible effect on academic achievement — related
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School-based SEL programs promote the development of social and emotional competencies across grade levels |
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School-based SEL programs promote the development of social and emotional competencies across grade levels |
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