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Peer reviewedWeakliem, David; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1995
Maintains that intellectual ability has become a more important determinant of occupational success in recent decades, resulting in increased social class differences. Finds that, contrary to the usual view, class differences have become smaller and current social problems cannot be ascribed to low-ability people in the lower classes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Educational Change, Educational History, Intelligence Differences
Download full textHarley, Randall K., Jr. – 1963
Forty blind children (ages 6 to 14, IQ's 65 to 132) in residential schools were studied to discover the relationship of verbalism to age, intelligence, experience, and personal adjustment. The children were given 40 selected words to obtain definitions, experience claims, and visually oriented verbalism scores. They then tried to identify items…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Associative Learning, Blindness
