In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we’ll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it’s by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that’s what is unique about them. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
I’ve taught statistics, math courses and what I’ve found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you’ll have one group of kids doing well. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you’re stupid, they have low expectations for you. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn’t correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
If you’re not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can’t think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
And in order to succeed in later life, you need creative skills because look at how fast the world is changing. Robert Sternberg Read Quote
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get. Robert Sternberg Read Quote