GEN: new definition of intelligence

[Alice Yucht <aliceinfo@excite.com>]

"Intellectual Character: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It," (John 
Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 078795683X; 2002) is a fascinating new book by Ron Ritchhart, a 
researcher at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. According to the author, 
people who are consistently: --curious,
--open-minded,
--reflective,
--strategic,
--skeptical, and
--willing to search for truth and understanding
tend to be the most intelligent.
He believes that Intelligence is more related to "patterns of behavior" than to 
innate ability.

Those characteristics sure sound like the description of an effective librarian to 
me!

Alice Yucht, Chief Resourcerer
Heritage Middle School
Livingston NJ
http://www.hmslibrary.info



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