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This pilot study examined the feasibility and preliminary effects of a 1-day training addressing all five constructs among German upper secondary school students across Kirkpatrick's four evaluation levels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Using a quasi-experimental mixed-methods design,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>EG<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 41 eleventh-graders participated in a 1-day, six-lesson training;\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>CG<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 46 served as controls. Quantitative measures included five self-report scales, a knowledge test, grade records, and 3-month transfer ratings (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>FU<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 17). Immediately after the training, all\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>EG<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 41 participants were invited to volunteer for an interview; 10 volunteers were randomly selected and interviewed 1 month later. All had completed the pretest and posttest assessments.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants rated the training positively and showed high knowledge scores at posttest; ratings of perceived application and usefulness were substantially lower at follow-up than at posttest, although the two administrations differed in framing; and neither the targeted constructs nor academic grades changed significantly, consistent with limited statistical power. Qualitative findings extended these results: participants reported deeper conceptual learning, revised attributional beliefs, and selectively maintained self-regulatory strategies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, integrated non-cognitive skills training proved feasible within the regular school schedule, but qualitative and quantitative data yielded partially different conclusions, with interviews revealing continued strategy use and conceptual learning that standardized measures did not capture. 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