Evans, Amanda

Knight, Melissa

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Evans, Amanda L

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Building the Pyramid:  Fostering Academic Success through Non-cognitive SkillsMelissa Knight, MA, BCC, PCCAmanda Evans, MA, BCC, ACCIntroductions• Melissa Knight, Director of Academic Coaching, Lynn University• Amanda Evans, Senior Academic Coach, Lynn University• Welcome to our session!What are Cognitive Skills?• Cognitive Skills:  brain‐based skills including perception, attention, memory, and processing • Typically related to IQ and AcademicsWhat are Non-Cognitive Skills?• Non‐cognitive skills are characteristics and traits that are not measured by academic tests, but are important to fostering academic success• Non‐cognitive skills include:‐ Motivation‐ Academic Self‐Concept‐ Self‐Efficacy‐ ResilienceResearch• A lack of non‐cognitive skills has been associated with less desirable educational and economic outcomes in adulthood• Research has shown non‐cognitive skills can help compensate for cognitive deficiencies related to academics (Rosen et al., 2010)‐ Motivation‐ Academic Self‐Concept‐ Self‐Efficacy‐ ResilienceResearch continued…• Self‐efficacy can account for academic success beyond learning disabilities and delinquency (Evans, 2005)• University StudyResearch summary• It appears as though cognitive skills and non‐cognitive skills can predict academic success, but that non‐cognitive skills additionally predict employment and occupational status in adulthood (Rosen et al, 2010)• Ivy League StudyThe BrainAmygdala fight, flight, freespontaneous joyHippocampus Visual Spatial memory Memory in context settingNon-cognitive Skills• How do we develop non‐cognitive skills in the following areas?:‐ Motivation‐ Academic Self‐Concept‐ Self‐Efficacy‐ ResilienceMotivationMotivational Interviewing• How to facilitate change through conversation• A method that is strength based to support students in finding their own way for change• Avoid being the “fixer”• Skills needed• Active listener• Ask powerful questions• PatienceSelf-efficacy• Cognitive or non‐cognitive skill?• Fostering self‐efficacy • Performance accomplishments• Vicarious experience• Verbal persuasion• Physiological states“Developing specific EF and self-determination skills will lead to an increase in self-efficacious behavior.” Goudreau & Knight, JAD Academic Self-concept• Academic self‐ concept is one’s self perception regarding academic performance (ex:  “I am good at math”) • Academic self‐concept can significantly and positively affect academic achievement• Research has shown that a strong academic self‐concept is correlated with higher gradesStrategies for Improving Academic Self-concept• Develop assignments and projects that encourage students to pursue their individual interests to reduce social comparison • Provide students with performance feedback related to their improvement over time, rather than comparing class averages• Express to students that each brings a unique set of valuable skills Resilience• The ability to “bounce back”  from setbacks• Ex:  Failing an examBuilding Resilience:  The Transactional ModelStressful event(tough math test)Threat(“Yikes! This isbeyond me!”)Challenge(“I’ve got to applyall I know”)Panic, freeze upAroused, focusedAppraisal ResponseGroup Activity• Break into groups of 4• Group 1:  Motivation• Group 2:  Self‐concept• Group 3:  Self‐efficacy• Group 4:  Resilience• Write down what you can do in your daily practice to foster academic success in the assigned area Q/A• Thank You!Reference• Gourdreau, S.B, & Knight, M. (2015). Executive Function Coaching: Assisting with Transitioning from Secondary to Postsecondary Education. Journal of Attention Disorders 1‐9.• Marsh, H.W. & Craven, R. Academic Self‐Concept.  Retrieved from:  http://cachescan.bcub.ro/e‐book/V/580593_3.pdf• Rollnick, S.,Kaplan, S., & Rutchman, R. (2016). Motivational Interviewing in Schools. New York: Guilford Press.• Rosen (book/print out)

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