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Sleep Patterns in Children of Superior Intelligence.
Busby, K.; Pivik, R. T. – Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1983
To examine the relationship between superior intellectual functioning and physiological patterns and events during sleep, sleep records made on five consecutive nights and based on standard electrographic measures were made for 11 male children between 8 and 12 years of age. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Comparative Analysis, Eye Movements
On the High Intelligence and Cognitive Achievements of Jews in Britain
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Lynn, Richard; Longley, David – Intelligence, 2006
A number of studies in the United States have found that Jews obtain higher average IQs than white gentiles. This paper examines whether this is also the case in Britain. Three early studies are summarized that found that Jews in Britain have mean IQs in the range of 110-113. New data are presented for two nationally representative samples of 7-16…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Intelligence Quotient, Sampling
Theoretical and Practical Implications of the Different Meanings of Unequal Access to Education.
Kozakiewicz, Mikolaj – 1976
Inequality of access to schools of various types can be conceived in at least four different ways: (1) inequality of participation (re: national social composition); (2) inequality of utilization of intellectual potential (re: the ablest from all strata); (3) inequality of chance (re: those who desire an education, regardless of potential); (4)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
A Comparison between the Results Achieved by Women and Men Studying for First Degrees in British Universities.
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Rudd, Ernest – Studies in Higher Education, 1984
The pattern of honors degrees awarded in British universities in 1967, 1978, and 1979 shows women receiving lower percentages of both top and weakest honors degrees. Various explanations are considered, and it is concluded that the answer is in the differences in distribution of ability measured by intelligence tests. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bachelors Degrees, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Quality of Life of Men and Women with Borderline Intelligence and Attention Deficit Disorders Living in Community Residences: A Comparative Study
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Rimmerman, Arie; Yurkevich, Oren; Birger, Moshe; Araten-Bergman, Tal – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2005
The research studies the quality of life (QOL) of 127 men and women diagnosed as having a borderline IQ and ADHD living in two major residential programs of the Sharon region in central Israel in respect to their personal, disability, and social ecological variables. Core findings indicate that men and women differ significantly according to their…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Quality of Life, Attention Deficit Disorders, Questionnaires
Intelligence in Hong Kong Measured for Spearman's "g" and the Visuospatial and Verbal Primaries.
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Lynn, Richard; And Others – Intelligence, 1988
Major visuospatial and verbal abilities were assessed for 197 10-year-olds in Hong Kong and 170 10-year-olds in the United Kingdom. The Hong Kong subjects resembled their Japanese counterparts in having high Searman's "g," exhibiting abstract reasoning ability, high spatial ability, high perceptual speed, and low word fluency. (SLD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Japanese and American Implicit Concepts of Academic and Everyday Intelligence.
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Willey, Diane L.; And Others – 1993
R. J. Sternberg and others found that the types of behaviors reported by laypersons as characterizing different types of intelligence varied across the different groups tested, and that a person's concept of intelligence affects the manner in which he or she evaluates the intelligence of others. Two experiments by Sternberg et al. were replicated.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, College Students