Teaching Quotes by Robert Sternberg

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the…

— 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…

— Robert Sternberg

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create…

— Robert Sternberg

If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book or perhaps in a course, but I'm sorry to…

— Robert Sternberg

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and…

— 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…

— Robert Sternberg

The world supports a multi-million dollar industry of intelligence and ability research, but it devotes virtually nothing to determine why this intelligence is squandered…

— Robert Sternberg

The problem is that there are very few technologies that essentially haven't changed for 60, 70 years.

— 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…

— Robert Sternberg

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

— Robert Sternberg

And in order to succeed in later life, you need creative skills because look at how fast the world is changing.

— Robert Sternberg

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

— Robert Sternberg