The rainbow and kaleidoscope projects: A new psychological approach to undergraduate admissions

European Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-287

  Sternberg, Robert J ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admissions; Creativity; Diversity; Intelligence; Kaleidoscope project; Rainbow project; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849126329     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.14.4.279     Document Type: Article

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