Measuring noncognitive skills in school settings : assessments of executive function and social-emotional competencies / edited by Stephanie M. Jones, Nonie K. Lesaux, Sophie P. Barnes ; foreword by Timothy P. Shriver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Stephanie M., editor.

Lesaux, Nonie K., editor.

Barnes, Sophie P., editor.

Shriver, Timothy, writer of foreword.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social learning--Study and teaching.

Social learning.

Emotional intelligence.

Educational tests and measurements.

Emotional Intelligence.

Educational Measurement.

Medical Subjects:

Emotional Intelligence.

Educational Measurement.

Physical Description:

xvii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Guilford Press, [2022]

Summary:

"How can educators determine the most effective approaches for measuring students' social-emotional and self-regulation skills? And how can they use the data to improve their own practice? This book brings together leading experts from multiple disciplines to discuss the current state of measurement and assessment of a broad range of noncognitive skills and present an array of innovative tools. Chapters describe measures targeting the individual student, classroom, whole school, and community; highlight implications for instructional decision making; examine key issues in methodology, practice, and policy; and share examples of systematic school- and district-wide implementation"-- Provided by publisher.

"Children's social-emotional and self-regulation skills are critical for success in school and, ultimately, in the workplace. How can educators determine the most effective approaches for measuring students' interpersonal competencies? And how can they use the data to improve their own practice? Relevant for school leaders, educators, researchers, and other stakeholders, this book brings together leading experts from multiple disciplines to discuss the current state of measurement and assessment of a broad range of noncognitive skills and present an array of innovative tools. Chapters describe measures targeting the individual student, classroom, whole school, and community; highlight implications for instructional decision making; examine key issues in methodology, practice, and policy; and share examples of systematic school- and district-wide implementation. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I From Physiology to Character Virtues: Creative, Contextually Relevant Approaches to Capturing Individual Functioning

1. Direct Assessment of Students' Executive Functions and Motivation in Elementary Classroom Settings / Lily Steyer

2. The Fidget Spinner Effect: Social and Emotional Assessment and the Healthy Evolution of the Social and Emotional Learning Field / Clark McKown

3. Defining and Measuring Young Children's Social-Emotional Development in Global Contexts / Dana Charles McCoy

4. Stress Physiology in Context: On the Measurement and Meaning of Autonomic Nervous System and Hypothalamic

Pituitary

Adrenal Axis Functioning / Daniel Berry

5. Measuring Noncognitive Skills Using Ambulatory Psychophysiology / Richard Palumbo

6. Conceptualizing and Measuring Character Virtues and Related Attributes Using the Bornstein Specificity Principle: A Relational Developmental Systems-Based Perspective / Richard M. Lerner

pt. II In the Classroom: Setting- and Behavior-Focused Approaches

7. Behavior and Discipline: Direct Behavioral Indicators for Use in the Classroom / Amy M. Briesch

8. Using Behavior Incident Data for Program and Classroom Decision Making: Addressing Issues of Equity and Exclusionary Discipline Responses / Mary Louise Hemmeter

9. Defining and Measuring Quality of Early Childhood Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries / Abbie Raikes

10. Capturing the Social and Emotional Classroom: Using Setting-Level Measures to Drive Improvements in Teaching and Learning / Stephanie M. Jones

pt. III Population-Level Tools to Guide Practice and Policy

11. Cross-Cutting Issues for Measuring Social-Emotional Competency in Context: General Opportunities and Challenges with an Illustration of the Washoe County School District Social and Emotional Competency Assessment / Laura A. Davidson

12. Measuring and Monitoring Children's Social and Emotional Competence and Weil-Being in Schools, Families, and Communities at the Population Level: The Middle Years Development Instrument / Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl

pt. IV Cross-Cutting Methodological and Policy Issues

13. Cross-Cutting Methodological Considerations for Measuring and Assessing Noncognitive Skills / Laura S. Hamilton

14. Thriving Matters: Policies and Assessment That Foster Equity and Thriving / Samantha Neiman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781462548668

1462548660

9781462548675

1462548679

OCLC:

1258071976