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Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Report of an interview with the inventor of the neural efficiency analyzer, reputed to be the first successful culture-free measure of native intelligence. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedBurt, Cyril – American Psychologist, 1972
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Factor Analysis, Genetics
Download full textMeyer, William J.; Egeland, Byron – 1968
This evaluation of cognitive change in Head Start children focused on changes in performance as opposed to changes in competence; specifically, that Binet test performance improves as a function of experience with Binet examiners. The study involved 93 children assigned to four groups who were tested for IQ gains during a 6-week Head Start program…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedFriedenberg, Edgar Z. – Social Policy, 1973
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Genetics, Heredity
Morris, Frank L. – 1971
In 1969, Arthur Jensen published his controversial article concluding that blacks are less intelligent than whites and that genetic factors explain more of the variance between the two groups than environmental differences. This paper criticizes Jensen's work and discusses its negative implications. Interpretive and methodological weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Bias, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Educational Researchers
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1972
In this address, Jensen discusses his views on the effects of heredity and environment on human intelligence, in an attempt to clarify his original statements on this subject. Since his article appeared in the "Harvard Educational Review" in 1969, the term "Jensenism" has accrued a variety of meanings through popular usage (according to Jensen)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Culture Fair Tests, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1970
In these hearings, the following witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Henry E. Garrett, Chairman, Psychology Department (Emeritus), Columbia University; Dr. Arthur R. Jensen, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of California at Berkeley; Dr. Frank C. J. McGurk, Professor of Psychology, University of Montevallo; Dr. R. Travis Osborne,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Black Students
CLINE, MARVIN; DICKEY, MARGUERITE – 1968
THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP IN THIS STUDY WAS 112 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN FROM 11 HEAD START CENTERS. IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP TAKEN DURING THE FALL WAS COMPARED TO A MEASUREMENT OF NON-HEAD START KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN TESTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME. AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
