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For Whom "The Bell Curve" Toils.
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Livingstone, David W. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Commentary on "The Bell Curve." Points out that Herrnstein and Murray do not acknowledge their politically conservative funding sources. Discusses bias and inadequacies of IQ tests, lack of evidence of intergenerational reproduction of occupational classes, current underemployment of highly educated people, and the authors'…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Gifted, Heredity, Intelligence Differences
Two Tails Are Better Than One: The Logic of "The Bell Curve."
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Connors, John B. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Reviews controversies over intelligence and intelligence testing, focusing on impacts on Canadian society in the past century. Discusses eugenics movements and related immigration policies. Suggests that both "tails" of "The Bell Curve" (cognitive elite and underclass) are influenced by inaccurate methods, and that the middle…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Immigrants, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
A Synopsis of Herrnstein and Murray's "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life" (New York, Free Press, 1994).
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Belke, Terry W. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Neutral summary of "The Bell Curve" (Herrnstein and Murray) by a former student of Herrnstein. Focuses on the emergence of a cognitive elite in the United States; relationships between IQ and poverty, educational attainment, unemployment, divorce, illegitimacy, welfare dependency, parenting competence, criminal behaviors, and voting;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Heredity, Higher Education