Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research

Educational Research Review

Volumn 25, Issue , 2018, Pages 56-72

  Corcoran, Roisin P ^a,b   Cheung, Alan C K ^c   Kim, Elizabeth ^d   Xie, Chen ^c  

^a IRINSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Meta analysis; Social and emotional learning programs; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054065707     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2017.12.001     Document Type: Review

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