Completed: A Theory-Based Approach to Giftedness

Principal Investigators: R.J. Sternberg and E.L. Grigorenko
Project Coordinators: Michael Ferrari, Bruce Torff, Jennifer Hedlund, and Linda Jarvin

Description: This project seeks to apply the triarchic theory to the classroom. Our past studies have revealed that students perform better in school when they are given instruction that is at least a partial match to their triarchic pattern of abilities, and that triarchically taught students outperform students taught for memory or critical thinking, both on performance assessments and even on conventional memory-based assessments. This research is conducted with the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.

Funding Agency: U.S. Office of Educational Research and Improvement
IRB Approval by: Yale University Faculty of Arts and Science Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects
Funding Period: 1995 - 2001