Investigating Urban Middle-Grade Students' Socio-Emotional Needs Through an Educational Research Partnership Among Nonprofit Agencies

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Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine and compare the socio-emotional competencies of middle school students from non-profit agencies who were participating in an education collaborative in 2015 and 2016. On average, students served tend to agree they possess academic self-efficacy, a growth mindset, grit/perseverance, emotional competence, and self-regulated learning behaviors. These students tend to believe they do not hold a fixed mindset. When examining agency differences across years, several agencies experienced significant increases or decreases. These findings could be used to more closely examine any changes in program characteristics that might have led to these differences. Additionally, any changes or programmatic characteristics believed to be responsible might be explored further and shared with the education collaborative.

Authors

• Danielle Bairrington Brown, Texas A&M University

• Kayla Braziel Rollins, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Brenna Lin, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Hersh C. Waxman, Texas A&M University