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Robinson, Daniel N. – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1995
Reviews and critically analyzes the book, "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." The author discusses cultural bias in intelligence tests, the errors made in assessing the cognitive abilities of blacks, and the negative effects stemming from belonging to the underclass in American society. (GR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Book Reviews, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Ellison, Robert L.; And Others – 1970
The identification of talent, and the understanding of its development and origins in terms of biographical data were investigated. The three central objectives were: to construct separate empirical procedures for Anglos and Blacks to predict certain academic performance criteria; to construct an empirical scoring procedure that could predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Admission, Comparative Analysis