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Development of Social Skills during Middle Childhood: Growth Trajectories and School-Related Predictors
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Sørlie, Mari-Anne; Hagen, Kristine Amlund; Nordahl, Kristin Berg – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
This study examined the development of social skills across five measurement points from 4th through 7th grade, and the influence of child gender and school-related factors on the level and growth of social skills, in a large sample of normally developing children in Norway (N = 2,076). On average, children's social skills scores increased…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support--Norway: Impacts on Problem Behavior and Classroom Climate
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Sørlie, Mari-Anne; Ogden, Terje – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2015
Results from the first study of the three-level School-Wide Positive Behavior Support model in Europe (SWPBS, called N-PALS) are presented. Using a strengthened nonrandomized design, data was collected from more than 1,200 teachers and 7,640 students at four measure points over four school years in 28 Norwegian intervention schools and 20…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Modification, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior