Date of Award
Spring 5-14-2018
Document Type
Project (696 or 796 registration)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Curriculum & Instruction
Department
Graduate Studies
Committee Chair
Ximena Suarez-Sousa
Keywords
social emotional education, Zones of Regulation
Abstract
This research project examined how 24 third grade students in a rural school identified their feelings and categorized them in the appropriate zone, as determined by the Zones of Regulation Curriculum by Leah Kuypers (2011). It also analyzed what effect the implementation of the Zones of Regulation Curriculum would have on the number of conflicts in the classroom. Data were gathered on the number of conflicts in the classroom pre and post teaching the Zones of Regulation curriculum. The results were inconsistent; there was no evidence of an increase or decrease in conflicts resulting from the implementation of the Zones of Regulation curriculum. Results from participation of a group of 4 students indicated that their identification and categorization post intervention gravitated mostly around Level 2 feelings, which are most specific (e.g., anxious, calm, elated) in comparison to Level 1 (e.g., happy, sad, mad) which these students tended to identify with prior to intervention. This indicated that those 4 students were better able to identify and categorize their feelings after being taught the Zones of Regulation curriculum.
Recommended Citation
Hoffman, Jamie, "The Effects of Implementing a Zones of Regulation Curriculum in a Third Grade Classroom" (2018). Dissertations, Theses, and Projects. 62.
https://red.mnstate.edu/thesis/62