Optimizing student success in school with the other three Rs : reasoning, resilience, and responsibility

The Other Three R's model began as an American Psychological Association (APA) initiative, sponsored by Robert J. Sternberg, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University and Past President of the APA. For both this initiative and this edited volume, Sternberg assembled a diverse...

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Other Authors Sternberg, Robert J. (Editor), Subotnik, Rena Faye (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP-Information Age Pub., 2006.
SeriesResearch in educational productivity.
Subjects
Thought and thinking > Study and teaching.
Reasoning > Study and teaching.
Responsibility > Study and teaching.
Academic achievement.
Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.
Higher education, tertiary education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781918116267
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-516-5
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 265 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Reasoning, resilience, and responsibility from the standpoint of the WICS theory of higher mental processes / Robert J. Sternberg
  • Motivational orientations that lead students to show deeper levels of reasoning, greater responsibility for their academic work, and greater resilience in the face of academic difficulty / Catherine Good and Carol S. Dweck
  • Special focus on reasoning
  • The role of knowledge in the development of mathematical reasoning / Richard E. Mayer
  • Promoting deaf children's mathematical reasoning by using their visual-spatial strengths / Terezinha Nunes
  • Performance data and proven practices: empowering tools to spur high levels of student reasoning and achievement
  • Tom Luce and Lee Thompson
  • Resilience
  • Resilience and risk in learning : complex interactions and comprehensive interventions / Mary M. Brabeck and Mary E. Walsh
  • Contents
  • Resilience as a factor in overcoming obstacles to high academic achievement / Edmund W. Gordon and Brenda X. Mejia
  • Responsibility
  • Enhancing students' academic responsibility and achievement : a social-cognitive self-regulatory account
  • Barry J. Zimmerman
  • A motivational perspective on school achievement : taking responsibility for learning, teaching, and supporting / Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Model
  • Integrating the other three Rs into the school curriculum : a model for improving achievement / Jeanine C. Cogan, Robert J. Sternberg, and Rena F. Subotnik
  • Summary
  • The other 3 Rs: implications for the design of learning environments, research, and policy / Susan Goldman.

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