In a quasi-experimental study, Too Good for Drugs and Violence produced statistically significant effects on attitudes toward violence, emotional competence, social and resistance skills, and goals and decisionmaking¶

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q2 i2 The quasi-experimental study found statistically significant effects favoring the intervention group on perceptions of social and resistance skills (effect size 0.56) and emotional competence (0.55). → What Works Clearinghouse 2006 q2 i2 The quasi-experimental study's average effect across knowledge, attitudes, and values outcomes was statistically significant (0.48). → What Works Clearinghouse 2006

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2006¶

What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: Too Good for Drugs and Violence. https://www.mendezfoundation.org

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Quasi-experimental study (Bacon, 2001b) with 394 students in 11 classrooms in one large Florida high school; the WWC analysis sample was 201 students. Appendix A3 prints an effect size of 0.56 for social and resistance skills ("0.56 Statistically significant") and 0.55 for emotional competence; the study average was 0.48, statistically significant.

"Perceptions of social and resistance skills Grades 9–12 201/11 4.07 (0.56) 3.73 (0.67) 0.34 0.56 Statistically significant +21"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

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