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Direct linkSternberg, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
Society largely has accepted a conception of general intelligence that is ill-fitted to the world we live in today. Our standardized tests are based on this conception, as is much of our instruction. The problem is that the kinds of problems we test for and teach to are unlike the complex problems we face in real life. In this article, Robert…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Social Problems
Intelligence Can Be Used to Make a More Equitable Society but Only When Properly Defined and Applied
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Download full textHolden, LaTasha R.; Hart, Sara A. – Journal of Intelligence, 2021
In the US, undeniable evidence shows that socioeconomic inequities explain a high proportion of individual differences in school achievement. Although not all countries show this same effect due to socioeconomic status, it is consistently found that social inequities lead to achievement gaps. These achievement gaps then manifest into trajectories…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Social Problems, Social Differences, Achievement Gap
Haimovitz, Kyla; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 2017
Children's mindsets about intelligence (as a quality they can grow vs. a trait they cannot change) robustly influence their motivation and achievement. How do adults foster "growth mindsets" in children? One might assume that adults act in ways that communicate their own mindsets to children. However, new research shows that many parents…
Descriptors: Child Development, Intelligence, Learning Processes, Learning Motivation
