Intelligence is a very funny thing. How should we measure it? In fact, what is intelligence really; how should we label it in the modern educational world? Should we keep with the archaic tests of educators of the past that only aimed their test to a select privileged few? One that only viewed the students from a very limited point of view and did not really predict how well they will do in the future. I personally believe that this not the correct method for the modern educational world, and it seems me and Sternberg are on the same page.
Speaking of Sternberg he had a very interesting educational history that set him on a road that would shape him and his future programs and theories. In fact, he had taken an IQ test in elementary that would make teachers label him as ‘dumb”. This label would follow him into his introductory psychology course his first year of college where his professor told him, “there was a famous Sternberg in psychology, and it appeared there isn’t about to be another”. This would make him try a different route in the math department that would just drive him back to psychology. Despite his C in his first psychology that would predict failure based on traditional tests, but 35 years later he would find himself the president of the American Psychological …show more content…
Well, I know how I would like my intelligence measured if I had a choice in the educational system. Personally, I am not one of the greatest examples of traditional intelligence, in fact when I was young I too was considered ‘dumb’, because as young children we are tested only for analytical intelligence. This is what we can equate to good grades in school and book smarts. If you want to get more technical analytical intelligence is abstract thinking and logical reasoning. This is what Ben excelled at and he was great in school and had excellent writing skills with an amazing vocabulary, however he lacked an aspect of creativity in his
Speaking of Sternberg he had a very interesting educational history that set him on a road that would shape him and his future programs and theories. In fact, he had taken an IQ test in elementary that would make teachers label him as ‘dumb”. This label would follow him into his introductory psychology course his first year of college where his professor told him, “there was a famous Sternberg in psychology, and it appeared there isn’t about to be another”. This would make him try a different route in the math department that would just drive him back to psychology. Despite his C in his first psychology that would predict failure based on traditional tests, but 35 years later he would find himself the president of the American Psychological …show more content…
Well, I know how I would like my intelligence measured if I had a choice in the educational system. Personally, I am not one of the greatest examples of traditional intelligence, in fact when I was young I too was considered ‘dumb’, because as young children we are tested only for analytical intelligence. This is what we can equate to good grades in school and book smarts. If you want to get more technical analytical intelligence is abstract thinking and logical reasoning. This is what Ben excelled at and he was great in school and had excellent writing skills with an amazing vocabulary, however he lacked an aspect of creativity in his