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Successful Intelligence
How to Help Students Develop Analytical, Creative and Practical Intelligence
Carol Carter LifeBound, president
Based on the work of Robert J. Sternberg
Successful Intelligence How to Help Students Develop Analytical, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Successful Intelligence How to Help Students Develop Analytical, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Successful Intelligence How to Help Students Develop Analytical, Creative and Practical Intelligence Carol Carter LifeBound, president Based on the work of Robert J. Sternberg What is Successful Intelligence? Successful Intelligence The
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Successful Intelligence – The ability to acquire, develop, and apply a full range of intellectual skills, rather than relying on the inert intelligence that schools value.
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“If IQ rules, it is only because we let
- it. And when we let it rule, we
choose a bad master. We got
- urselves into the test mess; we
can get ourselves out of it. It’s a mess from which I personally had to extricate myself.” ~ Robert J. Sternberg
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Obstacles to the Development of Successful Intelligence
Negative expectations on the part of authority
figures.
When authority figures have low
expectations, it often leads to their getting from an individual what they expect.
It’s not the low IQ that can easily lead us
down the road to ruin, it’s the negative expectations that are generated.
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The Successfully Intelligent Response
Successfully intelligent people defy negative
expectations, even when these expectations arise from low scores on IQ or similar tests.
They do not let other people’s assessments
stop them from achieving their goals.
They find their path and then pursue it,
realizing that there will be obstacles along the way and that surmounting these obstacles is part of their challenge.
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Successfully Intelligent People….
are self-efficacious. They have a can-do
attitude.
actively seek out role models. They also
- bserve people who fail, and note why they fail,
and then make sure they do things differently.
Realize that the environment in which they find
themselves may or may not enable them to make the most of their talents.
Seek to perform in ways that not only are
competent but distinguish them from ordinary performers.
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The Three Keys to Successful Intelligence
To be successfully intelligent is to think well in three different ways:
Analytically Creatively Practically
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Analytical Intelligence
Involves conscious direction of our
mental processes to find a thoughtful solution to a problem.
A.K.A. – Problem-solving and decision-
making skills
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Analytical Intelligence
A student may be able to score high on
tests, but are they capable of coming up with original ideas?
For example, to excel in the practice of
science requires the ability to generate creative, significant ideas that make a difference in the field.
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Creative Intelligence
The ability to think “outside the box”; to
come up with inspiring and creative ideas that present new perspectives
To generate interesting ideas and carry
them out independently
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Creative Intelligence
Why do we pay more attention to
predictors (test scores, IQ) than performance?
Creative intelligence is what produces
products in the first place and keeps them coming out.
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Practical Intelligence
Common sense The idea that it’s not just what you
know, but how you use what you know in order to create opportunities for yourself or solve a problem.
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