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Research Recap Citations
Author: Leader in Me
September 14, 2023
November 2023
Goal-Setting and Academic Success
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. (2023). The youth risk behavior survey data summary & trends report: 2011–2021. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top
- Marques, S.C., Gallagher, M.W., & Lopez, S.J. (2017). Hope and academic related outcomes: A meta-analysis. School Mental Health 9, 250–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-017-9212-9
- Snyder, C., Tran, T., Schroeder, L., Pulvers, K., Adams, V.,& Laub, L. (2008). Teaching the hope recipe: Setting goals, finding pathways to those goals and getting motivated. CYC-Net. https://cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0308-snyderetal.html
- Danielski, D. (2019). Impact of Leader in Me on socialemotional learning of elementary students. [Doctoral Dissertation, National Louis University]. Digital Commons@NLU. https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1463&context=diss
Goal Achievement
- Dweck, C. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.
- Duckworth, A. L., Peterson C., Matthews, M.D., & Kelly D.R. (2007). Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(6), 1087–1101.
- Gallo, C. (2022). How champions turn setbacks into success, according to a professional performance coach. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2022/05/22/how-champions-turn-setbacks-into-success-according-to-a-professional-performance-coach/?sh=16a79dd0300a
- Dethlefs, T., Green, M., Molapo, T., Opsal, C., & Yang, C. D. (2017). Evaluation of the Leader in Me in the Cedar Valley [Research Report]. Leader Valley Foundation. https://www.leaderinme.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WEB-Evaluation-of-the-Leaderin-Me-in-the-Cedar-Valley-Report.pdf
October 2023
Emotion Regulation
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. (2023). The youth risk behavior survey data summary & trends report: 2011–2021. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top
- UCLA Center for Developing Adolescents. (n.d). Decision making & emotional regulation. https://developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/core-science-of-adolescence/decision-making-emotional-regulation#:~:text=Research%20suggests%20that%20adolescents’%20ability,is%20appropriate%20to%20the%20situation
- Taylor, J. B. (2009). My stroke of insight. Hachette UK.
- Danielski, D. (2019). Impact of Leader in Me on social-emotional learning of elementary students [Doctoral Dissertation, National Louis University]. Digital Commons@NLU. https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/432
Values Clarification
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. (2023). The youth risk behavior survey data summary & trends report: 2011–2021. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top
- Vecchione, M. & Schwartz, S. (2022). Personal values and academic achievement. British Journal of Psychology, 113(3), 630–652. https://doi.org.10.1111/bjop.12555
- Yukhymenko-Lescroart, M. & Sharma, G. (2022). Sense of life purpose is related to grades of high school students via academic identity. Heliyon, 8(11), e11494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11494
- Goble, B., Zhang, J., Suzuki, K., Norman, T., Houchens, G., Redifer, J., Schroeder, A., Elliott, C., Chon, K. & Miller, S. (2015, April 19). The impact of the Leader in Me on student engagement and social emotional skills. In Z. Zhu (Chair), Evaluating the Impact of Social and Emotional Learning Programs on School and Student Outcomes [Roundtable Session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il. https://www.wku.edu/rocksolid/documents/the_impact_of_the_leader_in_me_on_student_engagement_social_emotional_skills_goble_et_al_2015.pdf
September 2023
Self-Awareness
- Steiner, P. (2014, August 19). The impact of the self-awareness process on learning and leading. New England Board of Higher Education. https://nebhe.org/journal/the-impact-of-the-self-awareness-process-on-learning-and-leading/
- London, M., Sessa, V., & Shelley, L. (2023). Developing self-awareness: Learning processes for self- and interpersonal growth. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10(1), 261–288. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-120920-044531
- Mertens, E., Dekovic, M., van Londen, M., & Reitz, E. (2022). Parallel changes in positive youth development and self-awareness: The role of emotional self-regulation, self-esteem, and self-reflection. Prevention Science, 23, 502–512. ttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01345-9
- Gage, C. & Thomas, S. (2019). Elementary teachers’ perceptions of social and emotional learning and its effects on school climate, student behavior, and academic achievement. The Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 6, 41–51. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1327616.pdf
Executive Function 2
- Berry, A. (2022). Reimagining student engagement: From disrupting to driving. Corwin Press.
- Anderson, R., Graham, M., Kennedy, P., Nelson, N., Stoolmiller, M., Baker, S., & Fien, H. (2019). Student agency at the crux: Mitigating disengagement in middle and high school. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 56, 205–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.12.005
- Student Engagement. (2023). Gradient Learning Poll. https://gradientlearning.org/poll/student-engagement/
- Chen, P., Bao, C., & Gao, Q. (2021). Proactive personality and academic engagement: The mediating effects of teacher-student relationships and academic self-efficacy. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 652994. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.652994
- Danielski, D. (2019). Impact of Leader in Me on social-emotional learning of elementary students [Doctoral Dissertation, National Louis University]. Digital Commons@NLU. https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/432
August 2023
Executive Function 1
- Irwin, V., Want, K., Tezil, T., Filbey, A., & Jung, J., Bullock Mann, F., Dilig, R., and Parker, S. (2023). Report on the condition of education 2023 (NCES 2023–144). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2023144
- Zalazo, P. D., Blair, C. B., & Willoughby, M. T. (2016). Executive function: Implications for education (NCER 2017–2000). National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/pubs/20172000/pdf/20172000.pdf
- Diamond, A. (2014). Want to optimize executive functions and academic outcomes? Simple, just nourish the human spirit. Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology(Series), 37, 205–232. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4210770/
- Gage, C. & Thomas, S. (2019). Elementary teachers’ perceptions of social and emotional learning and its effects on school climate, student behavior, and academic achievement. The Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 6, 41–51. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1327616.pdf
Making Time to Teach Executive Function
- Street. R. (2020). Positive behavior supports and teacher stress [Electronic Theses and Dissertations, East Tennessee State University]. Digital Commons. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3842
- Zee, M., & Koomen, H. (2016). Teacher self-efficacy and its effects on classroom processes, student academic adjustment, and teacher well-being: A synthesis of 40 years of research. Review of Educational Research, 86(4), 981–1015. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654315626801
- Brock, L., Murrah, W., Cottone, E., Mashburn, A., & Grissmer, D. (2018). An after-school intervention targeting executive function and visuospatial skills also improves classroom behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42(5), 474–484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025417738057
- White, M. (2018). A quasi-experimental study of the effect of the Leader in Me on attendance and discipline in Missouri schools [Technical Report]. Survey Research Center Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. https://www.leaderinme.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Attendance-A-Quasi-Experimental-Study-of-the-Effect-of-the-Leader-in-Me-on-Attendance-and-Discipline-in-Missouri-Schools.pdf
July 2023
Student Well-being 1
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. (2023). The youth risk behavior survey data summary & trends report: 2011–2021. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top
- Allen, K., Kern, M., Vella-Brodrick, D., Hattie, J., & Waters, L. (2018). What schools need to know about fostering school belonging: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 30(1),1–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-016-9389-8
- Bandura, A. (1991). Social cognitive theory of self-regulation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50(2), 248–287. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(91)90022-L
- Gage, C. & Thomas, S. (2019). Elementary teachers’ perceptions of social and emotional learning and its effects on school climate, student behavior, and academic achievement. The Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 6, 41–51. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1327616.pdf
Student Well-being 2
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). (2023). The youth risk behavior survey data summary & trends report: 2011–2021. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top
- Center for Psychology in Schools and Education. (2021, October). Students experiencing stress: APA mental health primers. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/ed/schools/primer/stress-health-primer.pdf
- Jung, L. A. (2020). There’s more to emotional self-regulation than meets the eye. Educational Leadership, 78(3), 46–51. https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/theres-more-to-emotional-self-regulation-than-meets-the-eye
- Sainz, A. J. (2021). The Leader in Me and its effects on school culture and leadership (Publication No. 28966047) [Doctoral Dissertation, Lindenwood University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Student Attendance
- Chang,H., Balfanz, R., & Byrnes, V. (2022, September 27). Pandemic causes alarming increase in chronic absence and reveals need for better data. Attendance Works. https://www.attendanceworks.org/pandemic-causes-alarming-increase-in-chronic-absence-and-reveals-need-for-better-data/
- Garcia, E. & Weiss, E. (2018). Student absenteeism: Who misses school and how missing school matters for performance. Economic Policy Institute. epi.org/152438
- Robinson, V. & Gray, E. (2019). What difference does school leadership make to student outcomes? Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 49(2), 171–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2019.1582075
- Pascale, A. B., Ohlson, M., & Lee. J. W. (2017). The habits of highly effective schools: Analyzing the impact of “Leader in Me” schools in Florida. Florida Association of Teacher Educators Journal, 2(1), 6–22.
Teacher Attrition
- Jacobson, D. A. (2016). Causes and effects of teacher burnout [Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies, Walden University]. ScholarWorks. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2835
- Senechal, J., Sober, T., Hope, S., Johnson,T., Burkhalter, F., Castelow, T., Gilfillan, D., Jackson, K., Nabors, A., Neuman, P., Robinson, R., Sergeant, R., Stanford, S., & Varljen, D. (2016). Understanding teacher morale. Richmond, VA: Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/merc_pubs/56/
- Sainz, A. J. (2021). The Leader in Me and its effects on school culture and leadership (Publication No. 28966047) [Doctoral Dissertation, Lindenwood University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
June 2023
Teacher–Student Relationships
- Sparks, S. D. (2017). How teachers’ stress affects students: A research roundup. EducationWeek. https://www.edweek.org/education/how-teachers-stress-affects-students-a-research-roundup/2017/06?r=1809478312&print=1
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). (2023). The youth risk behavior survey data summary & trends report: 2011–2021. https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top
- Bolden, P. (2019). An evaluation of the “Leader in Me” program implementation in a central Georgia elementary school [Doctoral Dissertation, Valdosta State University]. Vtext Repository. https://vtext.valdosta.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10428/4217/bolden-patricia_dissertation_2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Student Engagement
- Gerszberg, C.O. (2017). Best practices for bringing mindfulness into schools. Mindful. https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-in-education/
- Pascale, A. B., Ohlson, M., & Lee. J. W. (2017). The habits of highly effective schools: Analyzing the impact of “Leader in Me” schools in Florida. Florida Association of Teacher Educators Journal, 2(1), 6–22.
May 2023
Family Involvement
- Barger, M. M., Kim, E. M., Kuncel, N. R., & Pomerantz, E. M. (2019). The relation between parents’ involvement in children’s schooling and children’s adjustment: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 145(9), 855–890. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000201
- Hall, C. M. (2020). The impact of family engagement on student achievement. Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.4148/2470-6353.1327
- Shepard, J. (2018). Program evaluation of The Leader in Me in a rural elementary school with emphasis on Hispanic students [Doctoral Dissertation, Gardner-Webb University]. Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/education_etd/381
Chronic Absenteeism
- Chang, H., Balfanz, R., & Byrnes, V. (2022, September 27). Pandemic causes alarming increase in chronic absence and reveals need for better data. Attendance Works. https://www.attendanceworks.org/pandemic-causes-alarming-increase-in-chronic-absence-and-reveals-need-for-better-data/
- Garcia, E. & Weiss, E. (2018). Student absenteeism: Who misses school and how missing school matters for performance. Economic Policy Institute. epi.org/152438
- Pascale, A. B., Ohlson, M., & Lee. J. W. (2017). The habits of highly effective schools: Analyzing the impact of “Leader in Me” schools in Florida. Florida Association of Teacher Educators Journal, 2(1), 6–22.
April 2023
Teacher Effectiveness
- Nguyen, T., Lam, C., & Bruno, P. (2022). Is there a national teacher shortage? A systematic examination of reports of teacher shortages in the United States. (EdWorkingPaper No. 22–631). Annenberg Institute at Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/76eq-hj32
- The New Teacher Project. (2018). The opportunity myth: What students can show us about how school is letting them down—and how to fix it. https://tntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_The-Opportunity-Myth_Web.pdf
- Bergin, C., Hill, S., Prewett, S., Tsai, C., Jones, E., & Murphy, B. (2018). The Leader in Me effectiveness study [Executive summary]. FranklinCovey Education. https://www.leaderinme.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Leader-in-Me-Effectiveness-Study-Executive-Summary-Bergin.pdf
School Environment
- Prothero, A. (2020). Teens are growing depressed and disconnected from school, student survey finds. EducationWeek. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/teens-are-growing-depressed-and-disconnected-from-school-student-survey-finds/2020/06
- Civic, Atwell, M. N., & Bridgeland, J. M. (2019). Ready to lead: A 2019 update of principals’ perspectives on how social and emotional learning can prepare children and transform schools. CASEL. https://casel.org/casel-resources-ready-to-lead-2019/?view=true
- Sainz, A. J. (2021). The Leader in Me and its effects on school culture and leadership (Publication No. 28966047) [Doctoral Dissertation, Lindenwood University]. Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/dissertations/692