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Sternberg, Robert J. – Gifted Education International, 2000
This article describes the theory of successful intelligence and how it can be applied to gifted education. It discusses the inadequacy of notions of IQ or general ability for fully characterizing intellectual giftedness and presents evidence in favor of the statistical validity and usefulness of the successful intelligence theory. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement, Adults, Children
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2000
This article discusses how giftedness is currently defined and presents an alternative view based on a balance theory of wisdom. The theory is described as a useful way of conceptualizing wisdom. Sources of differences in wisdom and the need for development of wisdom as a form of giftedness are addressed. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Classification, Cognitive Ability
Peer reviewedCherry, Katie E.; Applegate, Heather; Reese, Celinda M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study examined memory for pictures and words in 16 adults with mental retardation and 24 controls. Pictorial superiority effects occurred in free recall and recognition for both intelligence-level groups. Correlational analyses indicated working memory span was primarily related to recall performance, irrespective of stimulus format. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Intelligence Differences, Memory, Mental Retardation
Direct linkLynn, Richard; Van Court, Marian – Intelligence, 2004
Data from the General Social Survey (GSS) collected in the years 1990-1996 are examined for the relationship between fertility and intelligence as measured by vocabulary. The results show that the relation between fertility and intelligence has been consistently negative for successive birth cohorts from to 1900 to 1979, indicating the presence of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Cohort Analysis, Birth Rate, Correlation
Download full textBernet, Michael – 1996
There is no accepted definition and no adequate measure for the concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Some of the myriad issues surrounding EI are discussed here. One problem in the consideration of EI is the confusion between the terms "feelings" and "emotions." Differences between the two are examined and a working definition of feelings is…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Experience, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Problems
Kraus, J.; Judd, L. – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1974
Examined was the relationship between length of institutionalization and IQ change in 46 school-aged, socially deprived, retarded girls. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Dale, Evelyn J. – 1983
Given the uncertainty of the future and the rapidity with which computer technology is changing, a generalist position on the objectives of educational computing is desirable. This position insists that learning how to think and solve problems is the foundation of education and suggests that basic learning needs to be an integral part of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Objectives, Intellectual Development
Dobzhansky, Theodosius – Psychology Today, 1973
Finds that the available data for the heretability of intelligence is inadequate to settle the question conclusively. Argues that the benefits of diversity can only be realized if equality of opportunity is complimented by equality of status. (EH)
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedBrannigan, Gary G. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Several studies concerning scoring difficulties on the Wechsler intelligence scales were reviewed. Since scoring of responses on the comprehension, similarities and vocabulary subtests of the Wechsler scales demands judgements by the examiner, the possibility of poor interscorer reliability increases. More thorough scoring standards and revision…
Descriptors: Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedEysenck, H. J. – Oxford Review of Education, 1975
It is concluded that equality of endowment is a myth dreamed up for ideological and political reasons. Educational policies must not be dictated by such fictions which fail to take into account biological reality. More quantitative studies are required to make equality of opportunity a concrete and realistic ideal. (EH)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Educational Policy, Environmental Influences, Equal Education
Pfouts, Jane H. – 1978
The differential impact of birth order and IQ on sibling roles were examined with particular interest focused on achievement outcomes. Subjects were a stratified sample of 37 pairs of near-in-age siblings, all within the normal range in personality and IQ, but differing significantly in scores on the Slosson IQ Test. Results indicate that when the…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Family Influence, Family Relationship, Individual Development
Hodges, Patricia M.; And Others – 1976
This paper presents the results of a study which examined heritability ratios for the major ethnic and socioeconomic groups in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Scores on three measures (the Cooperative Primary Reading Test, the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, and a composite set of intelligence tests) were compared for twins from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups, Heredity
BROWN, BERT; DEUTSCH, MARTIN
THE INTELLECTUAL TEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEGRO AND WHITE FIRST- AND FIFTH-GRADERS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES WERE CONSIDERED. THE LORGE-THORNDIKE, LEVEL I, PRIMARY BATTERY WAS USED FOR FIRST GRADERS, AND LEVEL III FOR FIFTH GRADERS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT RACE INFLUENCE TENDS TO BECOME MORE MANIFEST AND CRUCIAL AS THE SOCIAL CLASS LEVEL…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Early Experience, Fatherless Family, Grade 1
TILLMAN, M.H. – 1967
USING A CROSS-SECTIONAL SAMPLING PLAN, THE STABILITY OF WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN (WISC) PROFILES, MEAN SCALE SCORES ON THE FOLLOWING SUBTESTS--INFORMATION, COMPREHENSION, ARITHMETIC, SIMILARITIES, VOCABULARY, AND DIGIT SPAN WAS EXAMINED AS A FUNCTION OF SEX, AGE, AND ABILITY LEVEL. FROM 167 WISC FORMS (OF BLIND BOYS AND GIRLS AGED…
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Educational Research, Exceptional Child Research
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1966
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS MATERIAL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HUMAN INTELLECT. APPROXIMATELY 50 UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED TO DOCUMENTS DATING FROM 1955 TO 1966. BOOKS, REPORTS, JOURNAL MATERIALS, AND SOME UNPUBLISHED TITLES ARE LISTED. SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDED ARE (1) INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, (2) ABILITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, RACES,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability
