The Relationshi
The
Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of
Students in Virtual Courses in Iran
Dr. Negin Barat Dastjerdi
Assistant
Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of
Isfahan, Iran
Abstract: The purpose of study was relationship
between emotional intelligence and academic achievement of students in virtual
courses in Iran. The research method was descriptive and
correlation. The study sample was 300 of students that study in virtual
university during the academic year of 2010-2011 in of Iran through
random sampling method selected. Data was analyzed by SPSS software. The result
showed there was significant relationship between emotional intelligence and
academic achievement. Result indicated three sub component of emotional
intelligence such as optimism and positive attitude, understand own
emotions and others andControlling feelings and emotions were highly
correlate with academic achievement but social skills component was not
correlate with academic achievement of students. Also there is
significance correlation between sex and study of fields and emotional
intelligence and no significance correlation between age and emotional
intelligence.
[Negin Barat Dastjerdi. The
Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of
Students in Virtual Courses in Iran. J Am Sci 2013;
9(6): 466-470]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 58
Key words: emotional intelligence; academic
achievement; virtual courses; students. Full Text 58
