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Daley, Nola; Murano, Dana; Walton, Kate E.; Burrus, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2023
Social and emotional (SE) skills are interpersonal, self-regulatory, and task-related behaviors that are important for adaptation to and successful performance across all domains of life, including education and workplace settings (Casillas et al., 2015). Family engagement affects the development of these important skills (Brooks & Lambert,…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Parent Attitudes, College Entrance Examinations, Emotional Development
Daley, Nola; Murano, Dana; Burrus, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2022
This study examines the perceptions of parents and caregivers on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), or in-school programs designed to teach social and emotional skills. The study aims to replicate the main findings from the Fordham report (Tyner, 2021) and examine how the rank-order method used in the study may have influenced the interpretation…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Emotional Development, Social Development, Skill Development
Murano, Dana; Daley, Nola; Burrus, Jeremy; Way, Jason – ACT, Inc., 2022
Given recent interest and increasing popularity of social and emotional learning (SEL) in education settings, the authors surveyed students taking the ACT test and parents/caregivers of ACT test-takers on their beliefs around social and emotional (SE) skills. The study had three primary goals. First, the authors were interested in obtaining…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Emotional Development, Social Development, Parent Attitudes
Murano, Dana; Daley, Nola; Casillas, Alex – ACT, Inc., 2021
This issue brief is part of a five-part series that reports findings from research conducted by ACT in collaboration with Region One Education Service Center. This brief focuses on establishing conditions for social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation and includes results from a survey administered to educators who attended a professional…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Implementation, Hispanic American Students, Grade 8
Daley, Nola; Murano, Dana; Casillas, Alex – ACT, Inc., 2021
This issue brief is part of a five-part series that reports findings from research conducted by ACT in collaboration with Region One Education Service Center. This brief focuses on the efficacy of SEL lessons implemented during the 2019-2020 school year and examines their relationship to school-reported student outcomes such as grades, attendance,…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Implementation, Hispanic American Students, Grade 8
Lansing-Stoeffler, Kristin; Daley, Nola – ACT, Inc., 2022
As the global economy transforms into a knowledge-based society with an enhanced focus on information and innovation, success will depend on the ability of global citizens to work effectively with knowledge and technology (Drucker, 1993; Sawyer, 2006; Schwab, 2017). Working effectively with knowledge and technology requires thinking critically and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, 21st Century Skills, Global Approach, Knowledge Economy