Social and Emotional Learning Research Review Numerous research
reports show that social and emotional learning (SEL) can have a
positive impact on students' academic performance. Edutopia's
SEL research review explores those reports and helps make sense
of the results. In this series of four articles, learn how
researchers define social and emotional learning, review some of
the possible learning outcomes, get our recommendations of
evidence-based programs, find tips for avoiding pitfalls when
implementing SEL programs, and dig in to a comprehensive
annotated bibliography with links to all the studies and reports
cited in these pages. Schools That Work: Elementary school
children in the WINGS for Kids afterschool program in North
Charleston, South Carolina, learn social and emotional skills.
Learn more about this program. Credit: Grace Rubenstein What is
Social and Emotional Learning? How do we define social and
emotional learning (SEL)? Researchers generally agree upon five
key competencies of SEL (Durlak,