Emotional quotient : predicting and teaching for future success of students

Emotional Quotient (EQ) involves virtually every aspect of a person\u27s life and plays a more important role in predicting success for students than the traditional Intelligence Quotient (IQ). Emotional intelligence involves recognizing one\u27s emotions, thus having a sense of self-awareness, managing and controlling one\u27s emotions, motivating oneself to achieve a set goal, responding with empathy, and handling interpersonal relationships with appropriate social responses. Many children today are deprived of natural opportunities to develop a healthy EQ. Through modeling and continued reinforcement starting in the early elementary grades, EQ can be taught. Teachers can provide literature experiences as the basis of discussion to promote the development of EQ concepts