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The purpose of this paper was to examine construct validation of triarchic abilities(analytical, creative, and practical abilities) that comprise a theory of successful intelligence. Newly developed Korea Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test(KSTAT) was administered to 2,132 junior high school students to verify two hypotheses: 1)analytical ability would correlate with g or psychometric measures higher than creative and practical abilities. 2) Relationships among analytical, creative, and practical abilities would be relatively independent. Two important findings were obtained. First, correlational analyses revealed that creative and practical abilities correlated significantly with g or psychometric measure (such as vocabulary) in same magnitude or a little higher than analytical ability, indicating lack of construct validity. Second, inter-correlational analyses showed that three abilities were highly overlapped(r = .50 - .60). It was concluded that theses results did not support the two hypotheses proposed by R. Sternberg. Finally, relationships between three abilities and school achievement and issues on measurement of triarchic abilities, especially practical intelligence were discussed.

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