Research question: How does the implementation of SEL lessons focused on social awareness, relationship skills, social engagement and communication effect the overall wellness of the student?

Write a literature review based on the research question below. Paper is trying to prove that providing Social emotional Lessons would benefit the student population of a high school and that it would help reduce stress and anxiety levels and increase student engagement.

RESEARCH QUESTION

–       How does the implementation of SEL lessons focused on social awareness, relationship skills, social engagement and communication effect the overall wellness of the student?

Development (why do high schools need this?)

–       Developmental changes that happen in adolescence (middle to high school changes)

–       How the transition from middle school to high school is challenging for students (Article)

–       What are the main issues students face when they enter high school? How it can affect students mental health/anxiety/stress

What is SEL? (FIND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES explaining SEL)

–       How does SEL impact students (positives and negatives)

What interventions have been studied? (FIND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES)

–       Did they work?

–       Are they good fits for high school populations?

Articles I found: (don’t have to use, but can)

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1035847.pdf : Using the Comfortability-in-Learning Scale to Enhance Positive Classroom Learning Environments

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42732517: Transitioning to High School: Issues and Challenges for African American Students (find others)