Evaluating the effectiveness of KooLKIDS : an interactive social emotional learning program for Australian primary school children

The effectiveness of universal social emotional learning (SEL) programs are dependent on the incorporation of best practice principles, including an evaluative component. In the present study, the effects of a best practice, teacher-led SEL program was examined with 854 children aged 8–12 years. KooLKIDS uses an interactive multimedia format and animated character to help children develop their emotion regulation capacities, social and friendship skills, empathy and compassion for others, and self-esteem. A quasi-experimental waitlist-control design was used to examine the impact of KooLKIDS on social and emotional competence, behavioral and emotional problems, academic achievement and effort. Hierarchical linear modeling demonstrated significant increases in social and emotional competence, and reductions in internalizing and externalizing problems in children post KooLKIDS program in the intervention group. The findings suggest that KooLKIDS has strong potential as a teacher-led, classroom-based, structured program for enhancing children's social and emotional learning

An Examination of the Costs of Texas Community Colleges. REL 2023-142

Policymakers in Texas want to understand the funding levels necessary for community colleges to meet their promise of providing an affordable and accessible pathway to a postsecondary certificate or degree. Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest conducted this study to help leaders at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board better understand the extent to which Texas community colleges have adequate funding for reaching the desired levels of student success, as measured by success points milestones used in the state's performance-based funding system. The study involved three types of analyses: a needs analysis, an equity analysis, and a cost function analysis. The needs analysis found that community colleges with higher percentages of first-generation college students, students who are economically disadvantaged, students who are academically disadvantaged, students older than 24 years, and English learner students earn fewer success points milestones per full-time equivalent student. The equity analysis found that community colleges with higher percentages of students who are academically disadvantaged spent less per full-time equivalent student, suggesting that there may be resource inequities for these students. The cost function analysis found that spending was not high enough to cover the cost of providing an equal opportunity for first-generation college students, students who are economically disadvantaged, students older than 24 years, and English learner students to achieve the same level of outcomes as students without these needs. The findings from this study can inform Texas policymakers' efforts to distribute funding for community colleges to support equitable opportunities for all students to succeed in college. [For the appendixes, see ED623285.]Higher EducationPostsecondary EducationTwo Year College

An Examination of the Costs of Texas Community Colleges. REL 2023-142. Appendixes

The "Examination of the Costs of Texas Community Colleges" study examined the funding levels necessary for community colleges to meet their promise of providing an affordable and accessible pathway to a postsecondary certificate or degree. The study involved three types of analyses: a needs analysis, an equity analysis, and a cost function analysis. The findings from this study can inform Texas policymakers' efforts to distribute funding for community colleges to support equitable opportunities for all students to succeed in college. This document presents the following three appendixes that accompany the study: (1) Texas' Student Success Points performance-based funding system; (2) Data and methods; and (3) Supporting analyses. [For the full report, see ED623284.]Higher EducationPostsecondary EducationTwo Year College

A survey of the literature on prediction of Air Force personnel requirements /

"July 1960."Research supported by the United States Air Force Air Research and Development Command, and performed by the American Institute for Research under contract no.Mode of access: Internet

Data flow: the general problem and a cognitive model /

The purpose of this study was to determine the state-of-the-art in data flow and to formulate a data flow model. ... The mechanics of the model include a verbal representation method, a graphic representation method, and a calculus. The verbal and graphic aspects of the model facilitate the communication and conceptualization of functional relationships within a system and the functional similarity or dissimilarity between both systems and parts of the systems. The model calculus, based on formal logic, facilitates the analysis and perception of the functional strategies of the system."Project no. 1710, Task no. 1710004.""Prepared under contract no. AF 33(616)--7477 ... American Institute for Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.""This report is catalogued by the American Institute for Research as AIR-C39-1/62-TR." -- Foreword."May 1962."[ASTIA document] AD0283252 from (http://www.dtic.mil/). Stamped on the cover.Cover title.Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70).The purpose of this study was to determine the state-of-the-art in data flow and to formulate a data flow model. ... The mechanics of the model include a verbal representation method, a graphic representation method, and a calculus. The verbal and graphic aspects of the model facilitate the communication and conceptualization of functional relationships within a system and the functional similarity or dissimilarity between both systems and parts of the systems. The model calculus, based on formal logic, facilitates the analysis and perception of the functional strategies of the system.Mode of access: Internet