Five-level scale of Active Student Participation (ASP) in whole-school intervention activities

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The review proposes an organizing structure that grades program activities on a 5-point scale of active student participation, partly following the school participation scale of the HBSC questionnaire (De Róiste et al., 2012). As the review states, "It ranged from Very high levels of ASP, attributed to activities in which students were given a fully decision-making role, to Very low levels of ASP, given to activities in which students were just the recipients of activities delivered by adults." Very high ASP covers decision-making processes and school action teams with students; high ASP covers student artifacts, student-led activities for peers and for adults; moderate ASP covers platforms, interactive assemblies and data collection; low ASP covers trainings, group and individual activities within adult-designed formats. Levels are not mutually exclusive, and coding was based on the qualitative analysis of students' role, not the number of students involved.

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• Five-level scale of Active Student Participation (ASP) in whole-school intervention activities: The review proposes an organizing structure that grades program activities on a 5-point scale of active student participation, partly following the school participation scale of the HBSC questionnaire (De Róiste et al., 2012). As the review states, "It ranged from Very high levels of ASP, attributed to activities in which students were given a fully decision-making role, to Very low levels of ASP, given to activities in which students were just the recipients of activities delivered by adults." Very high ASP covers decision-making processes and school action teams with students; high ASP covers student artifacts, student-led activities for peers and for adults; moderate ASP covers platforms, interactive assemblies and data collection; low ASP covers trainings, group and individual activities within adult-designed formats. Levels are not mutually exclusive, and coding was based on the qualitative analysis of students' role, not the number of students involved. (Sara Berti et al. (2023))

Claims

• Programs offering the highest levels of active student participation are those aimed at generally improving the school environment (Restorative Justice and SEHER), suggesting broad, systemic scope favors student decision-making roles [+M]

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Key Sources

• Sara Berti, Valentina Grazia, Luisa Molinari. (2023). Active Student Participation in Whole-School Interventions in Secondary School. A Systematic Literature Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09773-x

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title	Five-level scale of Active Student Participation (ASP) in whole-school intervention activities
description	The review proposes an organizing structure that grades program activities on a 5-point scale of active student participation, partly following the school participation scale of the HBSC questionnaire (De Róiste et al., 2012).
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