Students who have hope are likely to do better academically if educators help them develop goals, realistic paths to attain them and the willpower to work toward them, Chan Hellman, a University of Oklahoma social work professor. “Hope is a better predictor of first-year college performance than the SAT, ACT or high school GPA,” says Hellman.
Willetts, M. (2019, February 13). Hope helps students, speaker tells educators. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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