PSYCH C162 Study Guide - Final Guide: Longitudinal Study
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Enhancing academic performance and social and emotional competence with the. In the empirical article, researchers brackett, rivers, reyes, and salovey assessed the e ect of a social and emotional learning (sel) curriculum on speci c components of student behavior. Such practices, the researchers believe, will allow students to build relationships, engage in healthy behaviors, and succeed academically. To test their hypothesis, the researchers used a random coin to assign three elementary schools in long island, new york to teach ruler in either their fth or sixth grade classrooms. The fth/sixth grade classes received were considered comparison classes and received. Two weeks prior to ruler training, teachers completed behavioral assessments (basc) regarding each student"s social and emotional competence. These assessments used a four-point, likert-type scale to measure the extent to which each student engages in each of 148 behaviors. 7 months into teaching ruler, teachers completed the same behavioral assessments.
