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Northwestern College, Iowa

2022

Behavior

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The Positive Impact Of Social And Emotional Learning, Alexi Allen Oct 2022

The Positive Impact Of Social And Emotional Learning, Alexi Allen

Master's Theses & Capstone Projects

This action research was inspired by the researcher’s own district and classroom. The district has core values and competencies under their mission and vision that include excellence in SEL instruction district wide. The district focuses on teaching the SEL competences and SEL standards to help students graduate and show success in life. Based on classroom observations, the researcher hypothesized that children taught socio-economic skills would display more positive behaviors and greater motivation to complete classroom tasks. The participants in this six-week study included 20 kindergarten students, ages four through six. During the week prior to the intervention, data was tracked …


A Need For Social Emotional Instruction, Chelsea Cook Jul 2022

A Need For Social Emotional Instruction, Chelsea Cook

Master's Theses & Capstone Projects

This article looks at how social emotional learning (SEL) curriculums can improve emotional safety, behavior, and school climate at the elementary school level. The article examines research from twenty-one research papers to show a need for SEL curriculums and outlines a plan for implementing a SEL curriculum school wide.