Sternberg's Triarchic Model of Intelligence
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Early Years (Birth-5), Intelligence Defined, more...
Intelligent Behavior Involves...
Environmental Context
- Adapting behavior to fit the environment
- Adapting the environment to fit one's needs
- Selecting an environment conducive to success
Prior Experience
- Dealing with a new situation by drawing on past experience
- Dealing with a familiar situation quickly and efficiently
Cognitive Processes
- Interpreting new situations in useful ways
- Sustaining concentration on a task
- Separating important information from irrelevant details
- Identifying effective problem-solving strategies
- Finding relationships among seemingly different ideas
- Making effective use of feedback
- Applying other cognitive and metacognitive processes as well
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Child Development and Education, by T. M McDevitt & J. E. Ormrod, 2007 edition, p. 281.
© 2007, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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