Caring to Try: How Building Students’ Developmental Assets Can Promote School Engagement and Success
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in NASSP Bulletin
- Vol. 84 (619) , 69-78
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019263650008461908
Abstract
Both a sense of belonging and a belief in their own competency seem to be missing from the school experiences of disengaged, underachieving students. Building students’ developmental assets is a promising practice for reconnecting students and supporting achievement. Looking at schools through an assets lens can promote concrete changes in school organization, curriculum and instruction, cocurricular programs, support services, and community partnerships that make the whole environment more conducive to great teaching and learning.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Developmental Assets: Measurement and Prediction of Risk Behaviors Among AdolescentsApplied Developmental Science, 1998