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Direct linkSternberg, Robert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2011
"Everyone else was turning the page but I had not yet finished the first item." That is how the author remembers the beginning of his interest in intelligence. For whatever reason, he decided while in elementary school that intelligence is modifiable, and every year he authored a work book with exercises children could complete to increase their…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Autobiographies, Intellectual History, Career Development
O'Neil, Sara – Disability & Society, 2008
The incidence of autism spectrum disorders has increased dramatically over the past two decades, yet these disorders are still poorly understood. By considering the viewpoints of autistics themselves, together with evidence from the scientific literature, it becomes clear that autism spectrum disorders are not always the debilitating conditions…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Incidence, Scientific Principles
Peer reviewedMeeker, Mary – Education, 1981
All children have intelligence in varying degrees in various abilities; Structure of Intellect (SOI) Institute tests diagnose those abilities successfully in gifted, deaf, retarded, aphasic and all ethnic groups. With a database of thousands of student test responses, materials are developed to prepare children for the future. (NEC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Children, Educational Change, Intellectual Development
Jacobson, Robert L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Robert J. Sternberg's research on cognitive style and model of "mental self-government" at all educational levels have led to a pilot elementary/secondary curriculum to help students develop common sense and practical judgment as well as intellect. The interinstitutional effort between Yale and Harvard universities includes Howard…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Bower, T. G. R. – 1977
The growth model of intelligence; i.e. intelligence is the product of genetics plus environment (I.Q.=G+E), is discussed and questioned. If the growth model is discarded, formulating the problem of the development of intelligence in different ways and thinking of different possible technologies for changing intelligence can begin. The child…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cultural Differences, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedSingh, B. R. – Educational Studies, 1996
Reviews the current theories concerning individual differences in cognitive functioning. While some argue that heredity places a genetic cap on intellectual development, others emphasize the dynamic interrelationship between cultural and environmental factors. Concludes that intelligence is more complex than the heredity advocates allow. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
