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2018

Emotions

St. Catherine University

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Social-Emotional Learning In Pre-Primary And Primary Education, Jillian R. Larson, Paige A. Larson, Anna Marie C. Wiatros Aug 2018

Social-Emotional Learning In Pre-Primary And Primary Education, Jillian R. Larson, Paige A. Larson, Anna Marie C. Wiatros

Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers

Students entering the school setting have a need for explicit instruction to develop their social and emotional competencies. The aim of this research was to study the effects of the Mind+Heart Social Emotional Curriculum as an intervention for pre-primary and primary students. This study consisted of preschool children (age 4) in a daycare setting and kindergarten and second grade students in a public school setting. Over an eight week period various data was collected: pre- and post-conversational dialogues, student journals, student self-assessments, and teacher observation logs of student behavior. The data presented a correlation between implementation and a reduction of …