Research
Connecting Students to Schools to Support Their Emotional Well-Being and Academic Success
Theories such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs lay out the importance of meeting a student's social-emotional needs before learning can take place. Another theory called the belongingness hypothesis indicates that humans have an emotional need to be an accepted member of a group. These play a huge role in why 28% of U.S. students still do not graduate high school. People need to feel connected to something in order to have interest and be successful in an environment. This article explains the importance of meeting a students emotional well-being, outcomes of students being connected, at risk populations, and possible solutions.
http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq/40/7/connecting-students.aspx
http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq/40/7/connecting-students.aspx
School Connectedness: Improving Students' Lives
The relationships formed between
students and school staff members are at the heart of school connectedness. The
research performed by the Department of Defense as described in this article indicates
there are seven qualities that seem to influence students' positive attachment
to school:
- Having a sense of
belonging and being part of a school
- Liking school
- Perceiving that
teachers are supportive and caring
- Having good friends
within school
- Being engaged in
their own current and future academic progress
- Believing that
discipline if fair and effective
- Participating in
extracurricular activities
Helping Middle School Students Make the Transition into High School
Young adolescents making the transition from middle school to high school look forward to the increased freedom but fear the possibility of bullying, the harder work load, and getting lost in a larger school. Research has found that students who took part in a transition program from middle school to high school had a lower drop out rate as well as more confidence. The key to these transition programs is to address the needs of students and their parents while facilitating communication between middle and high school educators.
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED432411.pdf
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED432411.pdf
The Effects of Civic Engagement and Educational Attainment
The study conducted for the Center for Information and Research on Civic Leaners and Engagement collected evidence that students engaged in community service (civic engagement) regularly in high school were most successful in their classes and earned higher grades. Another part of the research concludes that teenagers that participate in community service not only made greater scholastic progress but also were more likely to earn higher levels of education when compared to similar peers who were not involved in their community. The research also breaks down results by gender and ethnicity. It shows that male students had a greater increase in success academically than female students when they engaged in civic learning.
Here is the full report for the study: http://civicyouth.org/PopUps/WorkingPapers/WP52Mora.pdf
This is a four page summary of the study: http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Mora.Davila.pdf
Here is the full report for the study: http://civicyouth.org/PopUps/WorkingPapers/WP52Mora.pdf
This is a four page summary of the study: http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Mora.Davila.pdf