Article of the Month
August 2004
Academic, Social and
Emotional Learning
The
August 2004 Article of the Month comes from the Collaborative for Academic, Social and
Emotional Learning (CASEL) a center at the University of Chicago at
Illinois. It has much information linking academic performance with social and
emotional learning. A recent article published in the American Psychologist
provides a “representative meta-analyses and research syntheses of school-based
prevention programming that targets positive youth development, mental health,
drug use, antisocial behavior, and academic performance” (Greenberg et. al.,
p. 446). The article, Enhancing
School-Based Prevention and Youth Development Through Coordinated Social,
Emotional and Academic Learning is an excellent overview of studies
showing social and academic benefits of programs that focus on different
aspects of social and emotional learning.