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The organizing ideas for the entire volume come from Sternberg's triarchic (3-part) theory of thinking, according to which thinking is of 3 basic kinds: analytical, creative, and practical. Our book is for teachers of students in grades K through 12.
- Robert J. Sternberg, Louise Spear-Swerling
- 1996
The Theory of Successful Intelligence: A Capsule Description. The theory of successful intelligence suggests that students’ fail-ures to achieve at a level that matches their potential often results from teaching and assessment that are narrow in conceptualization and rigid in implementation.
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Teaching for successful intelligence is based on a psychological the-ory, the theory of successful intelligence (Sternberg, 1997).
The Theory of Successful Intelligence The theory of successful intelligence suggests that students' failures to achieve at a level that matches their potential often results from teaching and assessment that are narrow in con-ceptualization and rigid in implementation (Sternberg, 1997a; Sternberg & Grigorenko, 2007). The ways in which teachers ...
World renowned psychologist Robert Sternberg presents a fresh and compelling picture of the creative process from the inception of an idea to its ultimate success. With illuminating examples, … Expand
Using a variety of examples that range from scientific studies to personal anecdotes, Sternberg presents a theory of thinking styles that aims to explain why aptitude tests, school grades, and classroom performance often fail to identify real ability.
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The triarchic theory of successful intelligence (Sternberg, 1985a, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005a, 2005b, 2008; Sternberg, Jarvin, & Grigorenko, 2011) explains in an integrative way the relationship between intelligence and (1) the internal world of the individual, or the mental mechanisms that underlie intelligent behavior; (2) experience, or ...