International Journal of Changes in Education

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APA

Morgan, T. L., Cieminski, A. B., Marmo, S., & Morgan, K. K. (2025). The Effect of the Advocacy Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Competence. International Journal of Changes in Education, 2(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42022852

Vancouver

Morgan TL, Cieminski AB, Marmo S, Morgan KK. The Effect of the Advocacy Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Competence. International Journal of Changes in Education. 2025;2(1):29-38. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42022852

AMA

Morgan TL, Cieminski AB, Marmo S, Morgan KK. The Effect of the Advocacy Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Competence. International Journal of Changes in Education. 2025;2(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42022852

Chicago

Morgan, Thomas Lee, Amie Beth Cieminski, Suzanne Marmo, and Keisha Kayon Morgan. "The Effect of the Advocacy Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Competence". International Journal of Changes in Education 2025 2 no. 1 (2025): 29-38. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42022852

Harvard

Morgan, T. L., Cieminski, A. B., Marmo, S., and Morgan, K. K. (2025). The Effect of the Advocacy Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Competence. International Journal of Changes in Education, 2(1), pp. 29-38. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42022852

MLA

Morgan, Thomas Lee et al. "The Effect of the Advocacy Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Competence". International Journal of Changes in Education, vol. 2, no. 1, 2025, pp. 29-38. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42022852