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Jensen, Arthur R. – 1981
The specificity doctrine, holds that psychometric tests measure nothing other than the specific bits of knowledge and learned skills reflected in the item content of the tests. This prevailing doctrine has influenced the interpretation of test scores and the conceptualization of test validity, as well as the practical use of tests in educational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Court Litigation, Intelligence Differences
Download full textMeeker, Mary – 1985
Educators, as applied scientists, must work in partnership with investigative scientists who are researching brain functions in order to reach a better understanding of gifted students and students who are intelligent but do not learn. Improper understanding of brain functions can cause gross errors in educational placement. Until recently, the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Brain, Cognitive Tests, Educational Research
Willis, Sherry L.; Baltes, Paul B. – 1980
Two studies examined modifiability in intellectual functioning in older adults. The fluid-crystallized theory provided a theory base for the research. (Fluid intelligence follows a normative decline through adulthood, while crystallized intelligence remains stable or even increases.) In the first study thirty subjects (average age 69.2)…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Jordan, Valerie Barnes; Jordan, Lawrence A. – 1975
This paper reviews studies in which scores on Piagetian tests of logical thought were correlated with IQ, mental age (MA) and chronological age (CA), and examines the possible effects of the size of the age range and mean age of subjects on these correlations. The data included 44 groups of subjects obtained from 36 studies in which Piagetian and…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Hunt, Earl – 1985
The scientific concept of intelligence has been heavily influenced by the technology of measurement. The variables which can be measured have been made the operational definition of intelligence. This approach differs from a deductive approach, in which a theory of cognition in general is used to derive the sorts of measurements that must be taken…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Individual Differences
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1985
Recent theorists have begun to re-conceptualize the construct of "intelligence." This paper reviews recent theories of intelligence and indicates implications for practitioners, educators, and individuals. Theories and theorists discussed include the following: (1) Robert Sternberg has advanced the "triarchic theory" of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
