The effect of using skillstreaming program in teaching pro-social behavior on socially manifested behavior and academic achievement

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The purpose of this study was to study the effect of the Skillstreaming Program when applied for 10 weeks on socially manifested behavior and academic achieveme nt. The independent variable was the program itself and the two dependant variab les were prosocial skills and academic achievement. Two second grade sections fr om a private school in Lebanon were chosen to participate in the study. The samp le was composed of 46 second graders of which 23 were male and 23 were female. R andom stratified sampling was used to divide students to experimental and contro l groups. The instruments used were the student and teacher behavior checklists provided b y the Skillstreaming program ,GPA, and supportive quatlitative data. The checkli sts were comprised of ten questions, each related to a taught proscial skills on which students were rated. The GPA is calculated per academic semester and repo rted through the use of report cards. The qualitative data was obtained through interviews with the teachers and head of division. The quantitative data obtaine d were analyzed using SPSS for windows. Prosocial skills ratings and GPA scores were compared within and between the two groups, pre and post intervention using t-tests and analysis of covariance. The qualitative data were analyzed by group ing common themes, words, and phrases, and analyzing the results. Results showed a significant increase in prosocial skills as measured by both th e student and teacher checklists for the experimental group. The ANCOVAs also sh owed a significant difference between the experimental and control group on pros ocial skills post intervention. As for GPA scores, the experimental group showed no statistically significant difference pre and post intervention, whereas the control group's GPA scores decreased post intervention. Te results obtained from the qualitative data support the quantitative in terms of the improvement of th e experimental group on social skills.