Inquiry-Based Teaching: Emotional Intelligence and Academic Excellence of University Students
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of inquiry-based teaching on emotional intelligence and academic excellence in students. This study aims to find the connection between emotional intelligence and academic excellence the of university students. This research was using the inquiry process as a learning and teaching in which the teachers provide detailed instruction and recognize issues in the form of questions and statements. The researcher used quantitative approach to collect the data through questionnaire. The population were included is three universities of Pakistan which is Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan and NCBA&E university Bahawalpur as selected convenient non-random sampling. The data were analyzed interpreted by using Mean, T-test, Correlation and Regression Analysis. The results showed an interaction between the effects of inquiry-based teaching and emotional intelligence on students' academic excellence. Teachers need to use inquiry-based teaching so that students' academic excellence can be improved. In order for effective inquiry-based teaching, the emotional intelligence of students needs to be improved.