Psychosocial Skills and School Systems in the 21st Century

Part I. General Background: Theory and Guiding Principles

1. Psychosocial Skills: Essential Components of Development and Achievement in K-12
Jeremy Burrus, Meghan Brenneman

2. Test Standards and Psychometric Modeling
Matthias Ziegler, Martin Brunner

3. Aligning Mission and Measurement
Steven E. Stemler, Mary DePascale

4. Personality Development During the School-Aged Years: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice
Kate E. Walton, Kimberly A. Billera

Part II. Psychosocial Skills: Key Constructs

5. The Need for Cognition: Key Concepts, Assessment, and Role in Educational Outcomes
Andrew T. Jebb, Rachel Saef, Scott Parrigon, Sang Eun Woo

6. Understanding Creativity in the Schools
James C. Kaufman, Ronald A. Beghetto, Anna Dilley

7. Conscientiousness in Education: Its Conceptualization, Assessment, and Utility
Lisa E. Kim, Arthur E. Poropat, Carolyn MacCann

8. Self-Concept: Determinants and Consequences of Academic Self-Concept in School Contexts
Ulrich Trautwein, Jens Möller

9. Applying Social Cognitive Theory in the Development of Self-Regulated Competencies Throughout K-12 Grades
Héfer Bembenutty, Marie C. White, Maria K. DiBenedetto

10. Student Motivation: Current Theories, Constructs, and Interventions Within an Expectancy-Value Framework
Chris S. Hulleman, Kenneth E. Barron, Jeff J. Kosovich, Rory A. Lazowski

11. Academic Emotions and Their Regulation via Emotional Intelligence
Thomas Goetz, Madeleine Bieg

Part III. Psychosocial Skills: Applications

12. Fostering Psychosocial Skills: School-Based Promotion of Resiliency in Children and Adolescents
Sandra Prince-Embury, Kateryna V. Keefer, Donald H. Saklofske

13. Teaching Emotional Intelligence in Schools: An Evidence-Based Approach
Catalina Torrente, Susan E. Rivers, Marc A. Brackett

14. Psychosocial Skills in Large-Scale Assessments: Trends, Challenges, and Policy Implications
Jonas P. Bertling, Francesca Borgonovi, Debby E. Almonte

Part IV. Conclusions

15. Psychosocial Constructs: Knowns, Unknowns, and Where do we go From Here?
Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Franzis Preckel, Richard D. Roberts

Avainsanat: Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Educational Policy and Politics, Public Health, Social Work, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology