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Brown, Mitch; McGrath, Robert E.; Bier, Melinda C.; Johnson, Keith; Berkowitz, Marvin W. – Journal of Moral Education, 2023
This study represents a large meta-analytic investigation of character education studies. We identified 214 studies up until 2017 (N[subscript Total] = 307,512) with at least one computable effect size comparing a character education program to a control condition. Initial analyses indicated a small, significant average positive effect for…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Values Education, Research Reports, Comparative Analysis
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Johnson, Keith; McGrath, Robert E.; Bier, Melinda; Brown, Mitch; Berkowitz, Marvin W. – Journal of Character Education, 2022
The "What Works in Character Education" project (WWCE; Berkowitz & Bier, 2007) was a descriptive summary of significant findings in the empirical literature on character education for the period 1945 to 2004. It employed a broad definition of character education to include related positive youth development programs such as…
Descriptors: Values Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Emotional Learning