In a randomized controlled trial, Too Good for Drugs and Violence produced statistically significant gains in perceptions of social and resistance skills and emotional competence¶
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q3 i2 The RCT found a statistically significant effect favoring the intervention group on perceptions of social and resistance skills (effect size 0.52, improvement index +20). → What Works Clearinghouse 2006
q3 i2 The RCT found a statistically significant effect favoring the intervention group on perceptions of emotional competence (effect size 0.50, improvement index +19). → 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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Randomized controlled trial (Bacon, 2001a) with 303 students in grades 9-12 across five Florida high schools, classrooms randomly assigned. WWC-calculated effect size for perceptions of social and resistance skills was 0.52 ("0.52 Statistically significant"); emotional competence had effect size 0.50, also statistically significant.
"Perceptions of social and resistance skills Grades 9–12 303/16 4.08 (0.58) 3.77 (0.61) 0.31 0.52 Statistically significant +20"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Emotional Intelligence — outcome: instruction changes it
- Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- The WWC rated Too Good for Drugs and Violence as having positive effects on knowledge, attitudes, and values, with a cross-study domain-average effect size of 0.42 — a broader claim this one bears on
- 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 — related
- Too Good for Violence produces statistically significant positive effects on elementary students' behavior 20 weeks after the program ends — related
- Too Good for Drugs shows no discernible effects on student knowledge, attitudes, and values across two randomized controlled trials — related
- Too Good for Drugs has potentially positive effects on student behavior, with a WWC-computed domain average effect size of 0.25 that is not statistically significant — related
- WWC improvement indices for Too Good for Violence are +18 percentile points for behavior and +16 for knowledge, attitudes, and values — related
- Most educational interventions to counter community violence focus on individual behavior or group interaction, while strategies for transformation of social systems are underrepresented — a broader claim this one bears on
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In a randomized controlled trial, Too Good for Drugs and Violence produced statistically significant gains in perceptions of social and resistance skills and emotional competence |
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In a randomized controlled trial, Too Good for Drugs and Violence produced statistically significant gains in perceptions of social and resistance skills and emotional competence |
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