The SYNERGY project: Emotional Intelligence to Improve Motivation and Learning

Nadia Abchiche-Mimouni (1) , Guillaume Hutzler (1) , Beatrice Corbier (2) , Thierry Dessertaine (2)

1 IBISC - Informatique, BioInformatique, Systèmes Complexes
2 Act'Emot

For the last decade, our university has experienced a fairly clear decrease in first-year license completion. So, the wish is to be a strong proponent to go towards the experimentation of original devices and students training policy in order to foster success, reduce the failure rate, significantly increase the graduation rate, and ensure a good transition from high school to university. The aim of SYNERGY project is to experiment whether Emotional Intelligence coaching helps to improve students' motivation and learning. In its first stage, the project considers an experiment with twenty students which followed 3 sessions of Emotional Intelligence. The evaluation has been performed through EVA methodology and the results are very conclusive. Indeed, not only does the coaching increase students' motivation and involvement in the work, but students also testify that learning seems more affordable.

Keywords: Learning; Motivation; Emotional Intelligence

Domains: Machine Learning [cs.LG]

Nadia Abchiche-Mimouni, Guillaume Hutzler, Beatrice Corbier, Thierry Dessertaine. The SYNERGY project: Emotional Intelligence to Improve Motivation and Learning. 49th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2019), Oct 2019, Covington, United States. ⟨10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028352⟩. ⟨hal-02533363⟩