Youngsters who show violent or impulsive behavior share one common characteristic: they lack emotional intelligence. Namely, these teens lack two essential qualities of emotional intelligence: self-control and compassion. In their article “Teaching Emotional Intelligence to Impulsive-Aggressive Youth”, Henley & Long (1999) firstly explained that impulsive-aggressive youth exhibit four types of cognitive deficiencies that guide their […]

The idea of life satisfaction is oftentimes linked to fulfilling goals, scoring well on exams, excelling at college, getting a high-paying job, and so on. But are these accomplishments enough? Finding ways to achieve life satisfaction has been receiving a lot of attention for many years. While all factors mentioned earlier, in addition to others

As discussed in our previous blog post, everyone does recognize the importance of learning and education. Yet, very few are those who are motivated enough to study and attend school or college. While goal-setting can be key to enthuse students, assessments, too, can really motivate them! Assessments are not that bad after all. According to

Regardless of how paramount education is, many students remain demotivated when it comes to learning, studying, or attending schools and colleges. But perhaps, goal-setting would allow undergrads to appreciate its value more. For a very long time, students have been trained to link learning to assessments and scores. Had they been taught to actually tie

While many students perceive selecting a major as a super easy task, thousands of students worldwide have entered college undecided with little to no clue on what major program of study to pursue.  Based on the fact that “selecting a major, for many students, is at times complex and unstructured”, the researcher Betty D. Dennis