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College Admissions for the 21st Century / Robert J. Sternberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]Copyright date: 2010Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674058590
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/61 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. College Admissions and Testing -- 2. How We Got Here: The Traditional College Application -- 3. Alternative Admissions Practices -- 4. A New Way of Looking at Intelligence and Success -- 5. Assessing Hidden Talents -- 6. Encouraging Creativity, Practical Intelligence, and Wisdom -- 7. Implications for Students, Colleges, and Society -- Appendix: Kaleidoscope Questions for the Classes of 2011–2014 -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Sternberg's book convincingly indicts the SAT and ACT exams. A single test lasting a few hours, he writes, "ends up having a weight equal" to the product of "years of effort and dedication" in high school.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674058590

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. College Admissions and Testing -- 2. How We Got Here: The Traditional College Application -- 3. Alternative Admissions Practices -- 4. A New Way of Looking at Intelligence and Success -- 5. Assessing Hidden Talents -- 6. Encouraging Creativity, Practical Intelligence, and Wisdom -- 7. Implications for Students, Colleges, and Society -- Appendix: Kaleidoscope Questions for the Classes of 2011–2014 -- Notes -- Index

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Sternberg's book convincingly indicts the SAT and ACT exams. A single test lasting a few hours, he writes, "ends up having a weight equal" to the product of "years of effort and dedication" in high school.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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