Deeper Learning in Paraguay: Examining Relations between Student Interpersonal, Cognitive, and Emotional Skills, Outcomes, and Career Aspirations at Escuela Agrícola, Paraguay

Daigle, Maria Elizabeth

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Deeper Learning in Paraguay: Examining Relations between Student Interpersonal, Cognitive, and Emotional Skills, Outcomes, and Career Aspirations at Escuela Agrícola, Paraguay

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This work provides an overview of social, emotional, and cognitive skills of students at Escuela Agrícola, a rural Paraguayan vocational-agricultural high school. Connections between these skills and student outcomes -- including self-efficacy, aggression, academic achievement, and career aspirations -- are analyzed in relation to students' impoverished backgrounds. The results demonstrate the considerable resiliency and accomplishment of these students, especially compared with their local peers. These results also provide a foundation for the school administration and staff to understand and foster the development of students' social, emotional, and cognitive skills and future aspirations.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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