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Dominican University of California

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2018

Building community

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How Morning Meetings Impact Classwork Productivity, Lisa Parelius May 2018

How Morning Meetings Impact Classwork Productivity, Lisa Parelius

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Research has shown that students who are given social and emotional tools to work with in their school day are better able to learn in all subject areas (Kriete & Davis, 2014). Responsive Classroom offers a program which includes Morning Meeting as an opportunity to teach social and emotional tools. This is a qualitative research project that utilized case study with action based research. This research revealed that Morning Meetings impacted classwork productivity because they helped to identify and meet students’ social and emotional needs, which created a sense of belonging and connection. This provided teachers with vital information for …