The CORRELATION BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS
Keywords:
emotional intelligence, reading motivation, reading comprehension achievement,
Abstract
Theory of emotional intelligence has been proven to contribute to the teaching and learning process, and increase students’ achievement. This research was aimed to investigate whether or not there was correlation betweem emotional intelligence and reading comprehension achievement of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 2 Kota Lubuklinggau. Two hundred and ninety four students participated in this research. Emotional intelligence questionnaire and reading comprehension test were used as the instruments. Analyses by Pearson Product-Moment Correlation revealed that there was a significant correlation between emotional intelligence and reading comprehension achievement with r-obtained (.155) and p (.008). Among the four aspects of emotional intelligence, only emotional management correlated significantly with reading comprehension achievement. Furthermore, regression analyses showed that emotional management had 2.5% contribution in predicting students’ reading comprehension.
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de Debat, E. V. (2006). Applying current approaches to the teaching of reading. English Teaching Forum, 44(1), 8-15.
Fahim, M., & Pishghadam, (2007). On the role of emotional, psychometric, and verbal intelligences in the academic achievement of university students majoring in English language. Asian EFL Journal, 9(4), 240-253.
Ghabanchi, Z., & Rastegar, R. (2014). The correlation of IQ and emotional intelligence with reading comprehension. The Reading Matrix .14(2),135-144.
Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence. New York, NY: Bantam Books.
Gorman, J. C. (2005). Understanding children’s hearts and minds: Emotional functioning and learning disabilities. Journal o f Teaching Exceptional Children, 31(3), 71-77.
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Johnson, B., & Christensen, L. (2012). Educational research: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Martin, A., Nejad, H., Colmar, S., & Liem, G. (2013). Adaptability: How students’ responses to uncertainty and novelty predict their academic and non-academic outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105(3), 728-746.
Mayer, J. D., & Salovey, P. (1990). The intelligence of emotional intelligence. Intelligence, 17(4), 433-442.
Moafian, F., & Ghanizadeh, A. (2009). The relationship between Iranian EFL teacher’s emotional intelligence and their self-efficacy. Language Institutes System, 37(4), 708-718.
Motallebzadeh, K., (2009). The relationship between the emotional intelligence of Iranian EFL learners and their reading comprehension and structural ability. Journal of Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Literature, 1(4), 39-55.
Nelson, D. B., & Low, G. R. (2005). Emotional intelligence: Achieving academic and career success. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
OECD. (2012). PISA 2012 result: what students and can do [online]. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/PreparingHighSchool Studentsfor College.pdf.
Payne, W. L. (1986). A study of emotion: Developing emotional intelligence, self-integration relating to fear, pain and desire. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47(1-A), 203A. (UMI No. AAD9-5947).
Robertson, G. (2001). Wide range achievement test-expanded manual. Bloomington, Indiana: Wide Range Achievement.
Salovey, P., & Sluyter, D. (1997). Emotional development and emotional intelligence.New York, NY: Basic Books.
Solso, R. L. (1991). Cognitive psychology. Needham Height, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
UNSW, (2014). Students self-assessment. Retrieved from https://teaching. unsw.edu.au/ self-assessment.
Weissinger, H. (1998). Emotional intelligence at work. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Yahaya, A., Ee, S. N., Yahaya, N., Boon, Y., Hashim, S., & Lee, G. M. (2012). The impact of emotional intelligence element on academic achievement; Archives Des Sciences, 65(4), 2-17.
Published
2018-12-06
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