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
Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesnt correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ. – Robert Sternberg
To the Kenyan families, school doesnt really matter because none of them are going on to college. Almost all of drop out of school and so, theyre spending their time learning things that are important to them. – Robert Sternberg
In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who cant learn well that way dont have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teachers teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn. – Robert Sternberg