Kappan author Robert Sternberg joins Jonathan Supovitz, executive director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) at Penn GSE, to discuss the concept of “adaptive intelligence,” and how schools and educators can help students hone real-world problem-solving skills in the classroom.
Adaptive intelligence differs from general intelligence. Sternberg explains in his Kappan article that while adaptive intelligence cannot be assessed through the kinds of clear and straightforward questions used to assess general intelligence, there may be times when educators want to know how well students can use their adaptive intelligence.
In this Research Minutes episode, Sternberg also discusses his forthcoming book on adaptive intelligence, and how the concept has taken on a new level of importance following one of the most challenging years in living memory.
