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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of A Character Education Program To Prevent Bullying In Fourth And Seventh Grade, Deborah J. Shapiro
A Study Of The Effectiveness Of A Character Education Program To Prevent Bullying In Fourth And Seventh Grade, Deborah J. Shapiro
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The purpose of this study is to assess whether bullying behaviors were impacted by the character education curriculum Character Counts! in fourth and seventh grade students. More specifically, over time are the perceptions that the students had of bullying behaviors impacted and is there a difference between the perceptions that boys and girls had of these behaviors. A survey was given to fourth and seventh grade students in a school district in a northern suburb of Chicago for three consecutive years, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The goal of the survey was to see if Character Counts! was having an impact. …