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ArticleJournal of Intelligence2024

Are "Extracurricular" Activities Really Extracurricular? The Activities That Matter Least in School Are the Ones That Best Teach Real-World Critical and Creative Thinking.

Robert J Sternberg, Sherry Lin, Eric C K Nguyen

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Article in Journal of Intelligence, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Robert J SternbergDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7191-5169
Sherry LinDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Eric C K NguyenDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curricula in school often do not prepare students adequately for the kinds of critical and creative thinking that they will need in their careers and lives. Part of the problem is that the characteristics of real-world problems differ greatly from the characteristics of many curricular activities, and so what the students learn in school about critical and creative thinking may fail when generalized to everyday problems. We suggest that extracurricular activities, such as in aspects of musical and athletic training, often prepare students better for real-world challenges. We describe the kinds of methods that can be used in curricular instruction to better prepare students for the challenges of the everyday world.

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athletic trainingcreative thinkingcritical thinkingcurricular activitiesextracurricular activitiesmusical training

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PMID39852410
PMCPMC11766062

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