Traditional methods of studying social-emotional skills will have to evolve in more reliable, less subjective ways if educators and policymakers expect to incorporate them validly into accountability ...

Different forms of motivation affect how pupils perform in upper secondary school, a recent NTNU study shows. Pupils who ...

We all want to perform our best when opportunities come our way. So why is it that some people can consistently tap into their highest potential on command while others flounder? Do these founders and ...

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Passion, grit, and a positive mindset are a winning combination. Unfortunately, new research from Norway suggests that people tend to become less passionate or less willing to persevere towards ...

Corrected: In an earlier version of this story, a quote from ETS researcher Jan M. Alegre was incorrectly attributed. Chris Gabrieli’s work on developing new measures of noncognitive skills was ...

Earlier this month, I reported on recently published findings from an 18-year-long "perseverance" study (Zainal & Newman, 2019) which found that people who were able to reframe setbacks with a ...

People ask what made me a thought leader. My answer is simple and maybe ...