Resultaten voor 'robert j sternberg'

Constraints in Creativity

Contributions from 22 creativity researchers from different domains integrate theory with practice to uncover the structure of constraints in creativity, how this structure help us understand the nature of creativity, and whether constraints hinder or facilitate creative thinking.

Translating Theory and Research Into Educational Practice

This book shows, in detail and with concrete examples, how educational theory and research can be translated into practice. Well-known researchers who have worked to establish productive, sustainable connections between the knowledge produced by the rese

The Nature of Mathematical Thinking

"Scholars and researcher [psychologists of every hue, psychometricians, sociologists, philosophers, educators, teachers, mathematicians, and policy makers] are likely to find something of interest in The Nature of Mathematical Thinking....I will return to several of the book's chapters because they are like binoculars magnifying particular details that I would like to follow up in the future."—Journal for Research in Mathematics Education "...as a whole [the chapters] offer a wealth of hypotheses and insights."—The American Mathematical Monthly "The book successfully offers a fresh perspective for researchers and theorists and at the same time makes some of the more technical aspects of the research accessible to nonspecialists."—Mathematics Teacher "...this book is valuable and makes a contribution to the cause of multidiciplinary investigations. This book will benefit the preparation of future scholars and teachers, too."—Teaching Children Mathematics "The success of this volume lies in the collection of clearly written chapters by authors who could aptly be said to represent prominent examples of distinct traditions in research on mathematical thinking."—Contemporary Psychology "...this volume represents a very useful bringing together of a broad range of approaches and will certainly be of great interest to all students and researchers concerned with mathematical thinking."—British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology "With such an ambitious project, one expects a very rich book, addressed to a very wide audience. A very difficult task. The reader is rewarded. It does not mean she/he will find the answers to so well posed and straightforward questions, but will surely learn about the progress made by scholars, of different areas, to deal with these questions. The difficult task of preparing a book with such a large scope depends largely on a good organization and a well chosen team of experts. The editors succeeded in this double strategy."—Zentralblatt MATH "The volume is intended for educators and mathematics teachers, psychologists, cognitive scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, anthropologist, philosophers interested in logical-mathematical thinking, and the interested general public. Essays are written at a level that is accessible to this diversity of audiences."—Zentralblatt fr Didaktik der Mathematik

Intelligence, Instruction, and Assessment

This volume shows how modern theories of intelligence can be applied directly in classrooms for the education of children. Takes an international approach refecting both American and European perspectives.

Intelligence in Context

This book reflects on the various ways in which intelligence can manifest itself in the wide range of diverse contexts in which people live. Intelligence is often viewed as being tantamount to a score or set of scores on a decontextualized standardized intelligence test.

1. Robert J. Sternberg
2. Ophélie A. Desmet

Giftedness in Childhood

Giftedness often is defined in a transactional way: individuals give something in return for getting something from authorities who label them as gifted; the labeling authority then expects those individuals identified as 'gifted' to act in ways that justify the label. The authors place emphasis on transformational giftedness-giftedness that serves to make the world a better place. This Element stresses the importance of intelligence, not of the kind of narrow intelligence measured by IQ tests and their proxies, but rather the kind of broad intelligence used to adapt to a variety of real-world environments. The authors further discuss the nature of dual exceptionality, whereby individuals may be identified as having a disability yet at the same time act in gifted ways and thereby harbor the potential to contribute to the world in some distinguished fashion.