Title: Theories of Intelligence
Headings: Theories of Intelligence
OTEC Home Page
Annotated Reference  List
Theories of Intelligence
We can become more intelligent through study and  practice, through access to appropriate tools, and  through learning to make effective use of these  tools (Perkins, 1995).

Definition of  Intelligence
Howard Gardner
David Perkins
Robert Sternberg
References
A Definition of  Intelligence
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
David Perkins
Howard Gardner
David Perkins
Robert Sternberg
References

Content: However, you  can see that Sternberg does not focus on specific components  of intelligence that are aligned with various academic  disciplines. He is far more concerned with helping people  develop components of intelligence that will help them to  perform well in whatever they chose to do. Sternberg strongly believes that intelligence can be  increased by study and practice. Quite a bit of his research  focuses on such endeavors. Some of Sternberg's work focuses  specifically on "street smarts" versus "school smarts." He  notes that some people are particularly talented in one of  these two areas, and not in the other. This observation is  consistent with the work of Lev Vygotsky (Fosnot, 1996) who  argues that the type of learning that goes on outside of  school is distinctly different than the type of learning  that goes on in school. While some students are talented in  both informal and formal education, others are much more  successful in one rather than the other. A teacher who is  skillful in developing PBL can help students to design  projects that are consistent with their learning abilities  and interests. David Perkins
In his 1992 book, Smart Schools, David Perkins analyzes a  number of different educational theories and approaches to  education.