Robert J Sternberg: 15 books
What Universities Can Be
A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher...
Love Is a Story
A New Theory of Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 1999
In this groundbreaking work, Robert Sternberg opens the book of love and shows you how to discover your own story--and how to read your relationships in a whole new light. What draws us so strongly to some people and repels us from others? What makes some relationships work so smoothly and others...
Defying the Crowd
Simple Solutions to the Most Common Relationship Problems
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2002
World renowned psychologist Robert Sternberg presents a fresh and compelling picture of the creative process from the inception of an idea to its ultimate success. With illuminating examples, Sternberg reveals the paths we all can take to become more creative and shows how institutions can learn to...
The Psychologist's Companion
A Guide to Writing Scientific Papers for Students and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
The Psychologist's Companion is intended for students as well as young professionals and writers at all stages of their careers seeking inspiration and guidelines for better scientific writing. This book is also a resource for researchers in related fields. It has been comprehensively updated, revised,...
The Psychologist's Companion
A Guide to Professional Success for Students, Teachers, and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The Psychologist's Companion, 6th edition is written for students, young professionals, and even mid-career scholars. It is the most comprehensive guide available to both written and oral communication processes for academic psychologists. It covers the topics necessary for career success, including...
The Psychologist's Companion for Undergraduates
A Guide to Success for College Students
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Tailored specifically for undergraduate students, this Companion offers uniquely comprehensive coverage of the topics necessary for successful communication in psychology, making it a valuable resource for research methods and introductory psychology courses. Readers will learn how to effectively...
The Creativity Conundrum
A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
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.
Teaching for Successful Intelligence
To Increase Student Learning and Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Provides 40 research-based, illustrated lessons and demonstrates how to design units that help students apply analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions.
by Robert J. Sternberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
In an increasingly competitive higher education environment, Americas public universities are seeking ways to differentiate themselves. This book suggests that a hopeful vision of what a university should be lies in a reexamination of the land-grant mission, the common system of values originally...
by Robert J. Sternberg, Linda Jarvin, Elena L. Grigorenko
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
This book is a scholarly overview of the modern concepts, definitions, and theories of intellectual giftedness, and of past and current developments in the field of gifted education. The authors consider, in some detail, the roles of intelligence, creativity, and wisdom in giftedness and the interaction...
by R. Keith Sawyer, Vera John-Steiner, Seana Moran
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2003
What is creativity, and where does it come from? Creativity and Development explores the fascinating connections and tensions between creativity research and developmental psychology, two fields that have largely progressed independently of each other-until now. In this book, scholars influential...
Teaching for Successful Intelligence
To Increase Student Learning and Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Coauthored by two internationally renowned educators and researchers, this resource helps teachers strengthen their classroom practice with lessons that promote successful intelligence-a set of abilities that allow students to adapt and succeed within their environment, make the most of their strengths, and learn to compensate for their weaknesses.
by Li-fang Zhang, Robert J. Sternberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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,...
by Robert J. Sternberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
“A serious attempt to understand a common phenomenon” from the author of The Nature of Human Intelligence (Psychology Today).
One need not look far to find breathtaking acts of stupidity committed by people who are smart, or even brilliant. The behavior of clever individuals—from presidents...
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