Building emotional intelligence leads to student success!
This is the big news contained in a recently completed meta-analysis of 668 evaluation studies of SEL programs for children from preschoolers through high school. The massive survey was conducted by Roger Weissberg, who directs the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago – the organization that has led the way in bringing SEL into schools worldwide. The data show that SEL programs yielded a strong benefit in academic accomplishment, as demonstrated in achievement test results and grade-point averages. In participating schools, up to 50 percent of children showed improved achievement scores and up to 38 percent improved their grade-point averages. SEL programs also made schools safer: incidents of misbehavior dropped by an average of 28 percent; suspensions by 44 percent; and other disciplinary actions by 27 percent. At the same time, attendance rates rose, while 63 percent of students demonstrated significantly more positive behavior. In the world of social science research, these remarkable results for any program promoting behavioral change, SEL had delivered on its promise. Daniel Goleman, PhD |
What is Emotional Intelligence?
"The brain is wider than the sky."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) This website was developed through the collaborative efforts of: EDAD 682 Ashland University: Dr. Carol Engler Tina Soukup, OTRL, MEd Amy Sample, RN, BSN, CPN, LSN, MEd |