
Research Behind Classroom EQ
Role in Group Work
Carmelo, L., Félix, J., Meluzka, J., & Rosa, A. (2021). Emotional Intelligence and Collaborative Work in High School Students: Theoretical Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Sustainability and Social Science, 2(2), 88–93. https://doi.org/10.38142/ijesss.v2i2.78
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Aguilar, E. (2015, June 29). The Key to Effective Teams in Schools: Emotional Intelligence. Edutopia; George Lucas Educational Foundation. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/key-effective-teams-schools-emotional-intelligence-elena-aguilar
Global Role Models
Estrada, M., Monferrer, D., Rodríguez, A., & Moliner, M. Á. (2021). Does Emotional Intelligence Influence Academic Performance? The Role of Compassion and Engagement in Education for Sustainable Development. Sustainability, 13(4), 1721–1721. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041721
Fictional Stories
Bal, P. M., & Veltkamp, M. (2013). How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy? An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Emotional Transportation. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e55341–e55341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055341
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Kuijk, I. van, Verkoeijen, P., Katinka Dijkstra, & Zwaan, R. A. (2018). The Effect of Reading a Short Passage of Literary Fiction on Theory of Mind: A Replication of Kidd and Castano (2013). Collabra Psychology, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.117
Social Media Limits
Peng, L., Wang, J., Zheng, N., & Guo, X. (2024). Traversing Emotional Spaces: Social Media Affordances and Emotion Regulation in Times of Physical Isolation. Social Media + Society, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241237273
Anthropomorphism
Wan, E. W., & Chen, R. P. (2020). Anthropomorphism and object attachment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 39, 88–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.009
Music Playlists
Sruthi, Dr. (2024). Harnessing Emotional Intelligence for Music Curation in Recommendation Systems. International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, 12(4), 848–854. https://doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2024.59856
Group Conversations
Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups. (2001, March). Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2001/03/building-the-emotional-intelligence-of-groups​
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The Relative Effectiveness of Active Listening in Initial Interactions. (2025). International Journal of Listening. https://doi.org/10.1080//10904018.2013.813234
Empathy/ Compassion
Addiss, D. G., Richards, A., Adiabu, S., Horwath, E., Leruth, S., Graham, A. L., & Buesseler, H. (2022). Epidemiology of compassion: A literature review. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992705
Brackett, M. A., Rivers, S. E., Reyes, M. R., & Salovey, P. (2012). Enhancing academic performance and social and emotional competence with the RULER feeling words curriculum. Learning and Individual Differences, 22(2), 218–224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2010.10.002
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Stevens, F., & Taber, K. (2021). The neuroscience of empathy and compassion in pro-social behavior. Neuropsychologia, 159, 107925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107925
Uzeyir Ogurlu. (2020). A meta-analytic review of emotional intelligence in gifted individuals: A multilevel analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110503–110503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110503
Renzulli's Schoolwide Enrichment Model
Renzulli, J. S. (1976). The Enrichment Triad Model: a Guide for Developing Defensible Programs for the Gifted and Talented. Gifted Child Quarterly, 20(3), 303–306. https://doi.org/10.1177/001698627602000327
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Reis, S. M., & Peters, P. M. (2020). Research on the Schoolwide Enrichment Model: Four decades of insights, innovation, and evolution. Gifted Education International, 37(2), 109–141. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261429420963987
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Applying Gifted Education Pedagogy to Total Talent Development for All Students. (2025). Theory into Practice. https://doi.org/10.1207//s15430421tip4402_2
Simon Sinek's
Start with Why
Simon Sinek TedxSound Pugent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA
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Sinek, S. (2020, March 23). Rick Lindquist. Rick Lindquist. https://www.ricklindquist.com/notes/start-with-why-by-simon-sinek-via-ted
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Cultural and Language Diversity
Arnstein, K. B., Desmet, O. A., Seward, K., Traynor, A., & F. Richard Olenchak. (2023). Underrepresented Students in Gifted and Talented Education: Using Positive Psychology to Identify and Serve. Education Sciences, 13(9), 955–955. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13090955
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Chu, J. P., & Sue, S. (2011). Asian American Mental Health: What We Know and What We Don’t Know. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1026
Dong, Q., Koper, R., & Collaço, C. (n.d.). Intercultural Communication Studies XVII: 2 2008 Social Intelligence, Self-esteem, and Intercultural Communication Sensitivity. https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/file/13-Qingwen-Dong-Randall-Koper-Chris-Collaco.pdf
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The Relationship Between Multiple Intelligences, Culture And Diversity | International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER). (2018). Clutejournals.com. https://clutejournals.com/index.php/IBER/article/view/3393
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Yong, G. H., Lin, M.-H., Toh, T.-H., & Marsh, N. V. (2023). Social-Emotional Development of Children in Asia: A Systematic Review. Behavioral Sciences, 13(2), 123–123. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020123