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Anguiano-Carrasco, Cristina; McVey, Jill; Burrus, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2022
Social and emotional (SE) skills are related to many positive outcomes, including academic performance, degree attainment, and life satisfaction, and are often taught through social and emotional learning (SEL) programs. Furthermore, a positive school climate is important for students' social and emotional wellness and ability to learn. For…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Emotional Development, Educational Environment
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
Walton, Kate E.; Murano, Dana; Burrus, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2020
Listening to and implementing user feedback is an essential component of product development; however, such feedback cannot be followed blindly but instead must be considered in conjunction with empirical data. We received feedback from teachers and administrators on the prior version of the individual student report from the assessment component…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Social Emotional Learning
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
Schnieders, Joyce Z.; Moore, Raeal – ACT, Inc., 2021
With the disruption of the pandemic, it is important to study first-year college students' learning experiences and its potential effect on education plans. To understand first-year college students' learning experiences after the transition to online instruction during the pandemic, in June 2020, the authors of this study reached out to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics
Heisdorf, Sarah – ACT, Inc., 2019
The transition from high school to college can be a nerve-wracking process for any student, but some students may face more obstacles than other students along their journey. Hispanic students currently make up roughly 18 percent of all college students and are one of the largest minority groups at universities nationwide. However, based on…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes, College Readiness