The RULER Approach, developed by researchers at Yale University, is an evidence-based social and emotional learning program dedicated to enriching the lives of educators, students, and families.
Readings
Elbertson, N., Brackett, M.A., & Weissberg, R. (2010). School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) Programming: Current perspectives. In A. Hargreaves, M. Fullan, D. Hopkins, & A. Lieberman (Eds.). The second international handbook of educational change (pp. 1017-1032). New York: Springer.
Brackett, M. A., Patti, J., Stern, R., Rivers, S.E., Elbertson, N., Chisholm, C., & Salovey, P. (2009). A sustainable, skill-based model to building emotionally literate schools. In R. Thompson, M. Hughes, & J. B. Terrell (Eds.), Handbook of developing emotional and social intelligence: Best practices, case studies, and tools (pp. 329-358). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Brackett, M.A., Rivers, S.E., & Salovey, P. (2011). Emotional intelligence: implications for personal, social, academic, and workplace success. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 88-103. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00334.x
Brackett, M.A., Rivers, S.E., Reyes, M.R., & Salovey, P. (in press). Enhancing academic performance and social and emotional competence with the RULER Feeling Words Curriculum. Learning and Individual Differences. DOI:10.1016/j.lindif.2010.10.002
Rivers, S.E. & Brackett, M.A. (2011). Achieving standards in the english language arts (and more) using the RULER Approach to social and emotional learning. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 27, 75-100. DOI: 10.1080/10573569.2011.532715
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