TY - JOUR AU - Sternberg, Robert J. AB - This article describes the theory of successful intelligence and how it can be applied to gifted education. The article opens with an introduction to the issue of abilities in gifted education. It continues by discussing the inadequacy of notions of IQ or general ability for fully characterizing intellectual giftedness. Then it describes the theory of successful intelligence. Next it presents evidence in favor of the statistical validity and usefulness of the theory in gifted education. Finally it draws conclusions. TI - The Theory of Successful Intelligence JF - Gifted Education International DO - 10.1177/026142940001500103 DA - 2000-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-theory-of-successful-intelligence-G19JQi2NBu SP - 4 EP - 21 VL - 15 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -