Skills for Learning: Emotions & Relationships
Skills for Learning:
Affective & Behavioral
On average, 1 out of 2 children suffer from trauma globally while student engagement decreases with every year of schooling. What does this mean for teaching and learning? Educators must understand how childhood adversity and trauma affect cognition and learning. They can foster positive emotions and behaviors that increase student engagement, effort and learning outcomes. Understanding the interdependencies between cognition, emotion and behaviors empowers them to better support their students.
Skills: Motivation, Persistence, Resilience, Self-Regulation, Grit.
Outcomes: Engagement, motivation, and belonging.
Did you Know?
Studies have shown that the climate we create has implications for our students. While a negative climate can hinder learning and performance, a positive climate can foster student learning. With that foundation, explicitly teaching students how to manage their emotions alongside academic content in a sequential and active manner is recommended.
students who face academic challenges say they affect their mental health.
children suffer from trauma every year, caused by physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
students had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
COGx Programs for Educators (PD) and Students
Our Educator PD program empowers educators with strategies to foster student engagement, motivation, and positive learning behaviors.
Educators learn...
- How cognition, emotion, and behavior are interconnected and how emotions and mindset influence student effort, persistence, and learning outcomes.
- To acquire strategies to cultivate classroom environments that promote positive emotions, student agency, and a sense of belonging, which are essential for sustained engagement.
- Evidence-based methods to foster intrinsic motivation and engagement, even for students who struggle or feel disengaged, helping reignite curiosity and a love of learning.
Outcomes of COGx PD Program...
of educators felt enabled to analyze the adverse effects of emotions and misbehaviors on cognition and learning.
of educators learned ways to foster positive emotions and behaviors in the classroom to increase student engagement and learning outcomes.
of educators reported gaining an in-depth understanding of how emotions impact cognition and learning.
Our Student programs empowers Students with tools to understand their emotions, mindset, and how both shape their learning.
Students learn...
How stress and emotions impact their cognitive capacity and ability to focus and learn.
To identify the key elements of positive learning experiences including feeling capable, supported, and challenged.
The role of mindset in learning, understand the power of a growth mindset, and practice strategies to manage emotions when learning feels difficult.
If this program were integrated into the school system, and teachers and students knew the techniques and strategies we learned, everyone would be a lot smarter!
