"I strongly recommend this book to people working in the area of intellectual disabilities...It may open new vistas that are not always available in the traditional disability literature. It will especially challenge psychologists working in this field."--Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

"Preface James C. Kaufman and Elena Grigorenko Acknowledgments I. An Introduction to the theory of Successful Intelligence 1. Sketch of a componential subtheory of human intelligence - Robert J. Sternberg 2. Toward a triarchic theory of human intelligence - Robert J. Sternberg 3. The theory of successful intelligence - Robert J. Sternberg II. Components of Successful Intelligence: Creativity, Practical Intelligence, and Analytic Reasoning 4. The nature of creativity - Robert J. Sternberg 5. Practical intelligence and tacit knowledge: Advancements in the measurement of developing expertise Anna T. Cianciolo, Elena L. Grigorenko, Linda Jarvin, Guillermo Gil, Michael E. Drebot, and Robert J. Sternberg 6. Component processes in analogical reasoning - Robert J. Sternberg III. Successful Intelligence in the Schools 7. Teaching for successful intelligence: Principles, practices, and outcomes - Robert J. Sternberg 8. Teaching triarchically improves school achievement - Robert J. Sternberg, Bruce Torff, and Elena L. Grigorenko 9. A triarchic analysis of an aptitude-treatment interaction - Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko, Michel Ferrari, and Pamela Clinkenbeard 10. Using the theory of successful intelligence as a basis for augmenting AP exams in psychology and statistics - Steven E. Stemler, Elena L. Grigorenko, Linda Jarvin, and Robert J. Sternberg IV. Successful Intelligence and School Admissions 11. The Rainbow Project: Enhancing the SAT through assessments of analytical, practical, and creative skills - Robert J. Sternberg and The Rainbow Project Collaborators 12. Assessing practical intelligence in business school admissions: A supplement to theGraduate Management Admissions Test - Jennifer Hedlund, Jeanne M. Wilt, Kristina L. Nebel, Susan J. Ashford, and Robert J. Sternberg V. Successful Intelligence, Leadership, and Wisdom 13. A balance theory of wisdom - Robert J. Sternberg 14. WICS: A model of positive educational leadership comprising wisdom, intelligence, and creativity synthesized - Robert J. Sternberg VI. Robert J. Sternberg on Psychology: Brief Insights 15. It all started with those darn IQ tests: Half a career spent defying the crowd - Robert J. Sternberg 16. Unified psychology - Robert J. Sternberg and Elena L. Grigorenko17. Fads in psychology: What we can do - Robert J. Sternberg 18. APA is a diamond in the rough - Robert J. Sternberg 19. Producing tomorrow's leaders - in psychology and everything else - Robert J. Sternberg 20. Good intentions, bad results: A dozen reasons why the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is failing our nation's schools - Robert J. Sternberg Acknowledgements Index "