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1. How Dogmatic Beliefs Harm Creativity and Higher-Level Thinking

   Edited by Don Ambrose, Robert J. Sternberg

   Series: Educational Psychology Series

   In a world plagued by enormous, complex problems requiring long-range vision and interdisciplinary insights, the need to attend to the influence of dogmatic thinking on the development of high ability and creative intelligence is pressing. This volume introduces the problem of dogmatism broadly,...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
2. Translating Theory and Research Into Educational Practice

   Developments in Content Domains, Large Scale Reform, and Intellectual Capacity

   Edited by Mark A. Constas, Robert J. Sternberg

   Series: Educational Psychology Series

   This book shows, in detail and with concrete examples, how educational theory and research can be translated into practice. Well-known researchers who have worked to establish productive, sustainable connections between the knowledge produced by the research community and the practices employed in...

   Published March 20th 2006 by Routledge
3. The Nature of Intellectual Styles

   By Li-fang Zhang, Robert J. Sternberg

   Series: Educational Psychology Series

   This book provides an up-to-date, panoramic picture of the field of intellectual styles through describing, analyzing, and integrating the major theoretical and research works on the topic. Readers will gain a broad understanding of the field--its nature, origins, historical development, theories,...

   Published March 6th 2006 by Routledge
4. Intelligence and Technology

   The Impact of Tools on the Nature and Development of Human Abilities

   Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, David D. Preiss

   Series: Educational Psychology Series

   In this volume, Robert J. Sternberg and David D. Preiss bring together different perspectives on understanding the impact of various technologies on human abilities, competencies, and expertise. The inclusive range of historical, comparative, sociocultural, cognitive, educational, industrial/...

   Published May 12th 2005 by Routledge
5. Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition

   Integrative Perspectives on Intellectual Functioning and Development

   Edited by David Yun Dai, Robert J. Sternberg

   Series: Educational Psychology Series

   The central argument of this book is that cognition is not the whole story in understanding intellectual functioning and development. To account for inter-individual, intra-individual, and developmental variability in actual intellectual performance, it is necessary to treat cognition, emotion, and...

   Published April 5th 2004 by Routledge
6. The General Factor of Intelligence

   How General Is It?

   Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

   This edited volume presents a balanced approach to the ongoing debate of just how general the "general factor" of intelligence is. To accomplish this goal, the editors chose a number of distinct approaches to the study of intelligence--psychometric, genetic-epistemological, cognitive, biological,...

   Published March 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
7. The General Factor of Intelligence

   How General Is It?

   Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

   This edited volume presents a balanced approach to the ongoing debate of just how general the "general factor" of intelligence is. To accomplish this goal, the editors chose a number of distinct approaches to the study of intelligence--psychometric, genetic-epistemological, cognitive, biological,...

   Published March 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
8. The Creativity Conundrum

   A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions

   By Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman, Jean E. Pretz

   Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

   This book challenges traditional notions of creativity as a trait, and brings forward ideas of multiple types of creativity, along with the possibility of development of creativity....

   Published February 28th 2002 by Psychology Press
9. The Evolution of Intelligence

   Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman

   How is one to understand the nature of intelligence? One approach is through psychometric testing, but such an approach often puts the "cart before the horse"--the test before the theory. Another approach is to use evolutionary theory. This criterion has been suggested by a number of individuals in...

   Published August 11th 2001 by Psychology Press
10. The Evolution of Intelligence

    Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman

    How is one to understand the nature of intelligence? One approach is through psychometric testing, but such an approach often puts the "cart before the horse"--the test before the theory. Another approach is to use evolutionary theory. This criterion has been suggested by a number of individuals in...

    Published June 30th 2001 by Psychology Press