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100			_aSternberg, Robert J.
245			_aCollege admissions for the 21st century _cby Robert J. Sternberg
260			_aCambridge : _bHavard University Press, _c©2010
300			_axiii, 209 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_t1. College admissions and testing
505			_t2. How we got here: the traditional college application
505			_t3. Alternative admissions practices
505			_t4. A new way of looking at intelligence ad success
505			_t5. Assessing hidden talents
505			_t6. Encouraging creativity, practical intelligence, and wisdom
505			_t7. Implications for students, colleges, and society
520			_aSATs, ACTs, GPAs. Everyone knows that these scores can't tell a college everything that's important about an applicant. But what else should admissions officers look for, and how can they know it when they see it? In College Admissions for the 21st Century a leading researcher on intelligence and creativity offers a bold and practical approach to college admissions testing. Standardized tests are measures of memory and analytical skills. But the ever-changing global society beyond a college campus needs more than just those qualities, argues Robert Sternberg . Tomorrow's leaders and citizens also need creativity, practicality, and wisdom. How can the potential for those complex qualities be measured? One answer is "Kaleidoscope," a new initiative in undergraduate admissions, first used at Tufts University. Its open-ended questions for applicants, and the means used to score the answers, gives applicants and admissions officers the chance to go beyond standardized tests. Does it work? As Sternberg describes in detail, Kaleidoscope measures predicted first-year academic success, over and above SATs and high school GPAs, and predicted first-year extracurricular activities, leadership, and active citizenship as well. And every year that Kaleidoscope measures were used, the entering class's average SATs and high school GPAs went up too. What worked at Tufts can work elsewhere. New kinds of assessments, like Kaleidoscope, can liberate many colleges and students from the narrowness of standardized tests and inspire new approaches to teaching for new kinds of talented, motivated citizens of the world. Standardised tests are measures of memory & analytical skills; but the ever-changing global society beyond a college campus needs more than just those qualities, argues Robert Sternberg. The leaders & citizens of tomorrow also need creativity, practicality & wisdom.
650			_aUniversities and colleges -- United States--Admission
650			_aEducation, Higher--Standards--United States
650			_aEducational equalization--United States
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