“But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it.” WantWellsLittlesSelfDoneSelf EsteemResearchTestsBoxesEsteemPsychologistHigh Self Esteem Author:Robert Sternberg
“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.” FirstsWellsTwoShowsJobsStudyPracticalsDozen Author:Robert Sternberg
“I'm more of a creative learner, ... I do very well in projects, but I was not good at memorizing all of that material in the introductory courses.” WellsCoursesCreativeMaterialsProjectsLearnersMemorizing Author:Robert Sternberg
“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.” IfsWellsKidsCoursesFoundTeachGroupsTaughtMathStatisticsFormulas Author:Robert Sternberg
“In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.” IfsWayWellsMayFactsKidsAbilityTeachTeacherTeachingOne Way Author:Robert Sternberg
