Lessons in Character: Teaching Character Education to Elementary School Students
Intervention Details
Subjects
English Language Arts, MathAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
24 lessons (assuming 1 lesson per week, approximately 6 months)Grades
4, 5Personnel
General Education Teacher
Intervention Summary
Lessons in Character is a curriculum that aims to teach character education to students. The program consists of 24 lessons at each grade level, using a 'theme of the week' approach with stories, activities, daily and weekly writing assignments, and a class project. Teachers introduce the week's concept, read stories portraying that value in action, and engage students in targeted activities. Materials for students are available in English or Spanish, and the developer provides teaching resources such as binders with strategies, skills, suggestions, and techniques for teaching Lessons in Character.
Grades
4, 5Personnel
General Education TeacherStatistical Finding Summary
No effect on behavior
No effect on knowledge, attitudes, and values
Positive effect on academic achievement
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2006). Lessons in Character. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/187.
Data Sample by Population
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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.