Building Pathways to Academic Success. A Practice Report

Emotional Intelligence and Academic Success 1 The Relation of Emotional Intelligence to Academic Success

A great deal of excitement surrounds the claim that emotional intelligence predicts success at work, at school, and in relationships. For example, TIME magazine claimed “emotional intelligence may be the best predictor of success in life, redefining what it means to be smart” (1995). Unfortunately, little research has been done to either support or refute this claim. The purpose of this study w...

Self-Regulatory Skills to Enhance Academic Success

Students with disabilities in Pre-Kindergarten exhibit disruptive behaviors during whole group lessons and potentially lose opportunities to learn academic content and social interactions due to a lack in self-regulatory skills. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of teaching self-regulatory skills on disruptive behavior and academic learning. Statement of the Problem All ...

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Do academic competencies relate to 'real life' public health practice? A report from two exploratory workshops.

Public health (PH) organizations in different parts of the world (such as North America) have recently been seeking to define competencies relevant to PH practice. The Association of Schools of PH in the European Region (ASPHER) has initiated a programme to produce a European PH competency framework. ASPHER invited all member schools to participate in brainstorming workshops which yielded a pro...

Chronic Total Occlusions: New Pathways to Success

Yet the barriers to treatment for this group remain formidable and include sometimes long procedure duration and cost [2], perception of higher complication rates [3], and lack of clinical evidence to support CTO PCI, include procedures, that on average, take longer, cost more and have higher complication rates. There is also a perception that there is a relative lack of clinical evidence to su...