SSEHV and Academic Results
Summary of Research Collected in China on the Effects of SSEHV (2007/08)
Teachers are often concerned whether focusing on SSEHV in their teaching will have an adverse effect on academic results. There is a growing body of literature worldwide that is reporting significant positive effects of character education on academic achievement (Ellenwood, S. (2006). Revisiting character education: From McGuffey to narratives. Journal of Education, 187, 3)
Data collected from 21 primary school teachers in a district in western China who had participated in a SSEHV project for one year found that:
Data evidence: Between first and last five months of the project.
- For the SSEHV classes there was a greater increase in mean pass rates and distinction rates than for the control class.
- The gaps between the SSEHV and control groups widened in the second five-month period than in the first.
