IQ or EQ: Which is More Important for Students’ Learning ?

  • Jing Zhang
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  • Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Online published: 2022-10-27

Abstract

This study of a sample of 860 Chinese secondary school students used Raven reasoning test and Big Five personality scale to investigate the longitudinal relationship between intelligence, personality and students’ academic performance in three subjects (Chinese, Math, and English). This is a three-wave longitudinal study covering one school year. The cross-lagged panel model analyses indicated that: (1) students’ previous intelligence level can significantly and positively predicted their academic performance in all three subjects. That is, students with high intelligence level tended to achieve higher academic performance in three subjects; (2) students’ personality traits, especially openness, also significantly and positively predicted their academic performance in all three subjects; (3) in the long-term run, there is a compensatory interaction between students’ intelligence and openness in the prediction of academic performance. In this regard, both intelligence and personality traits are very important for students’ learning. Educators should not only pay attention to the development of students’ potential and intelligence, but also to the cultivation of students’ personality traits.

Cite this article

Jing Zhang . IQ or EQ: Which is More Important for Students’ Learning ?[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 2022 , 40(11) : 69 -79 . DOI: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2022.11.006

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