Smart Brain Wise Heart, offered by the Heart Math Institute, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 4-10 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grade 10. Translated materials for Smart Brain Wise Heart are available in Spanish and Mandarin, with resources for parents available in Spanish, German, Indonesian, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Dutch, among others.
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- SEL lessons
- Instructional practices
- SEL generalization
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- Activities and Resources for Home
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- Onsite in-person training
- Virtual training
- Offsite training
- Train the trainer model
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- Administrator support
- Coaching
- Technical assistance
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
- Online resource library
- Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
- Observational tools
- Tools for measuring student success
Evidence of effectiveness
Results from a quasi-experimental evaluation conducted in the 2004–2005 academic year (published in 2007) supported the effectiveness of the Smart Brain Wise Heart program (previously called Test Edge). This evaluation was conducted on a sample of 749 adolescents in 10th grade (white = 43%; Latinx = 36%; Other = 21%; approximately 14.3% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL)). The study found that students who participated in the program reported significantly lower levels of test anxiety, negative affect, emotional discord, and interactional difficulty at post-test compared to students from the control group (posttest occurred four months after baseline and analyses controlled for baseline differences in the outcome measure).
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Evidence shown in grades 10School characteristics -
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- West
Student characteristics - Hispanic / Latinx
- White
- Multi-racial / other
Percentage Low Income - Eligible for FRPL: 14.3%
Study design type - QE
Greater than 350 students included in study design type - Yes
Multiple school districts included at study design type - Yes
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- Improved academic performance
- Reduced emotional distress
- Improved identity development and agency
- Reduced problem behaviors
- Improved school climate
- Improved school connectedness
- Improved social behaviors
- Improved teaching practices
- Improved other SEL skills and attitudes
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