EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and Mathematic achievement of the high school students. This research is descriptive with the use of correlation .The sample volume is 300 people, according to the Cochran formula. The samples were chosen by stratified random sampling among the high school students. Tools of this study are Bar-On emotional intelligence test second semester of 2015-2016 academic years. Mathematic score was used as the students’ academic success index in Mathematics. The survey’s information was analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics via SPSS software. The results of the research showed that there is a meaningful and straight relationship between students’ emotional intelligence and mathematic success. Father’ education have significant role in the academic achievement and emotional intelligence of students