Strategies to Cultivate Students' Noncognitive Skills

• In Event: 31.056 - Conducting Action Research to Foster School Improvement Practices and Student Learning

Abstract

Research results reveal that students’ non-cognitive skills significantly impact their academic success. This research will be conducted to identify elementary and middle school teachers’ perceptions of their students’ non-cognitive skills and its contributions to their students’ academic success. This research confirms that elementary and middle school students’ non-cognitive skills are critical in contributing to their academic achievements. In addition, this research will present instructional strategies for elementary middle school teachers to improve their students’ non-cognitive skills based on their perceptions of non-cognitive factors.

Author

• HeeKap Lee, Azusa Pacific University