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29.079 - Investigating Performance Tasks as Measures of Social and Emotional Learning Skills

Fri, April 28, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 212 A

Session Type: Symposium

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There is great interest among researchers and educators in measuring students’ social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. Yet, the self- and teacher-report surveys most often used to measure these competencies are vulnerable to biases that make them unsuitable for conducting between-school comparisons. Performance tasks offer an alternative type of assessment, one that is not susceptible to self- and teacher-report biases. Here we present five innovative performance tasks that measure SEL skills, particularly self-management competencies such as Self-control, Persistence, and Academic Diligence. These tasks predicted important outcomes like learning, achievement and persisting in college, often over and above self-report measures. The tasks also help us understand how SEL skills shape students’ behavior and the learning process.

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