Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
ZooU is a game/performance based SEL assessment tool for students in grades 2 - 4. It is published and sold by Centervention, which also publishes other game-based assessments Zoo Academy (grades K-1), SS Grin (grades 3-5) Hall of Heroes (grades 6-8), and Stories in Motion (for K-5 students with autism). Subscore(s): Impulse Control, Emotion Regulation, Communication, Cooperation, Initiation, Empathy
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Relationship Skills ; Responsible Decision Making ; Self Awareness ; Self Management ; Social Awareness ; Impulse Control ; Emotion Regulation ; Communication ; Cooperation ; Initiation ; Empathy
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
30 minutes
Administration
Computer
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
DeRosier, M. E., & Thomas, J. M. (2018). Establishing the criterion validity of Zoo U's game-based social emotional skills assessment for school-based outcomes. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 55, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2017.03.001
McCreery, M. P., Krach, S. K., Bacos, C. A., Laferriere, J. R., & Head, D. L. (2019). Can video games be used as a stealth assessment of aggression?: A criterion-related validity study. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS), 11(2), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgcms.2019040103
