Date Approved
6-9-2025
Embargo Period
6-9-2025
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D. Educational Leadership
Department
Educational Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Shelley Zion, Ph.D.
Committee Member 1
Susan Browne, Ed.D.
Committee Member 2
Herbert Simmerman, Ed.D.
Keywords
Behavior;Elementary education;First-grade students;Management;SEL;Social skills
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Education
Abstract
This program evaluation discusses how using a social and emotional (SEL) curriculum taught first-grade students how to manage and regulate their behavior in a first-grade classroom. The purpose of this program evaluation was to evaluate if the SEL curriculum helped first-grade students manage and regulate their behavior in the classroom so the teacher would create fewer behavior management plans and spend more time on classroom instruction. The methodology used in this program evaluation was a logic model. This model presented the inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes of the program evaluation. The implications of this program evaluation are based on the results of this program evaluation. One can conclude based on the results of the program evaluation that the students did learn new SEL skills and showed those skills in lesson objectives met after three weeks of instruction.
Recommended Citation
Mozee, Tara Freeman, "Can Social and Emotional Lessons Improve Student Behavior In A First Grade Classroom? A Program Evaluation" (2025). Theses and Dissertations. 3383.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/3383
