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Sternberg's Successful Intelligence Theory and WICS Model

Robert Jeffrey Sternberg

Cognitive Psychologist

About

- Born in New Jersey on December 9, 1949

- Currently the Provost and Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma University.

Info

- Robert Sternberg did extensive work in the field of intelligence.

- As a youngster he had difficulty with intelligence tests and that led him to come up with the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence in the 1980's.

Successful Intelligence Theory

1. Memory Skills

3. Creative Skills

It is vital that we remember what we learn (memory);

use critical thinking, evaluate things we learn (analytical); innovative finding better ways of doings things & solving problems (creative); apply and put action what we learn (Practically).

  • help us recall facts and pieces of information. It helps us retain the knowledge we acquire that is needed to begin thinking creatively.
  • allow a person to come up with a new idea, usually to answer a need of solve a problem.

Theory

4. Practical Skills

The theory of successful intelligence points "that some students who do not well in conventional courses may in fact, have a ability to succeed, if they are taught in a way that better fits their patterns of abilities".

  • makes us apply what we have learned. It gets us to actually do what needs to be done.

2. Analytical Skills

  • help the person determine if a certain idea is good.

Analysis is important before one can think of new and better ideas.

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted

W - isdom

I - ntelligence

C - reativity

S - ynthesized

Model

Model

  • Teaching Analytically

Applying WICS Model

Make your student s use critical thinking

Design tasks an activities that provide opportunity for your learners to:

1. Analyze

2. Critique

3. Judge

4. Evaluate

  • Teaching Creatively

Applying WICS Model

has been defined as ' teachers using imaginative approaches to make learning more interesting, exciting and effective.

  • Teaching Practically

Applying WICS Model

Have in mind real life situations where students can what they learn to meet their own and also other's practical needs.

  • Teaching Wisdom

Should parents expect their children to take care of them when they are old? Why?

Applying WICS Model

Applying on Teaching

We are teaching students to be intelligent and knowledgeable, but not how to use their intelligence and their knowledge. Schools need to teach for wisdom, not just for factual recall and superficial levels of analysis.

Impact

The WICS Model was successful for teachers and their learners because it

1. Celebrate the differences of learners through a supportive learning environment.

2. Made students remember

3. Build on strength of the learners and

4. Strengthened the motivation of the learners

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