LEADER 04344nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910810121003321 005 20240416153221.0 010 $a0-674-26757-5 010 $a0-674-05859-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674058590 035 $a(CKB)2560000000071273 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050989 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467798 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12169075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467798 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10496752 035 $a(PQKB)10906349 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300892 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300892 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10448661 035 $a(OCoLC)705930435 035 $a(DE-B1597)583434 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674058590 035 $a(OCoLC)1301546829 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000071273 100 $a20100323d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCollege admissions for the 21st century /$fRobert J. Sternberg 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 209 p.) 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-674-04823-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-200) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface -- $t1. College Admissions and Testing -- $t2. How We Got Here: The Traditional College Application -- $t3. Alternative Admissions Practices -- $t4. A New Way of Looking at Intelligence and Success -- $t5. Assessing Hidden Talents -- $t6. Encouraging Creativity, Practical Intelligence, and Wisdom -- $t7. Implications for Students, Colleges, and Society -- $tAppendix: Kaleidoscope Questions for the Classes of 2011?2014 -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aStandardised 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. 330 $bSATs, 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. 517 3 $aCollege admissions for the twenty-first century 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xAdmission 606 $aEducation, Higher$xStandards$zUnited States 606 $aEducational equalization$zUnited States 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdmission. 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xStandards 615 0$aEducational equalization 676 $a378.1/61 700 $aSternberg$b Robert J$062274 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810121003321 996 $aCollege admissions for the 21st century$93992716 997 $aUNINA