Quote by Robert Sternberg
To the Kenyan families, school doesnt really matter because none o

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

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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

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Intelligence
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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

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teacher
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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

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Learning
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Learning is finding out what you already know. – Richard Bach

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Learning

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday tomorrow is your victory over lesser men. – Miyamoto Musashi

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Learning

Its hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after Ive already bungled it. – Tina Weymouth

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Learning

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add. – Nelson Goodman

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Learning

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If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. – Sargent Shriver

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An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. – Ernest Hemingway

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Intelligence

Nothing happens by chance, my friend… No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long. – Richard Bach

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Fate & Destiny

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever. – John Keats

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