Ability and Its Educational Correlates: Three Assumptions.

Parks-Trusz, Sandra L.; Trusz, Andrew R.

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Publication Date: 1981

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Ability and Its Educational Correlates: Three Assumptions.

Parks-Trusz, Sandra L.; Trusz, Andrew R.

Texas Tech Journal of Education, v8 n2 p143-50 Spr 1981

Models which describe assumptions concerning the distribution of intellectual capacity are: (1) the differential distribution model, encompassing theories that consider differences in intelligence genetic; (2) the normal distribution model; and (3) the evenly distributed model, focusing on the similarity of intellectual potentials within the human race. (JN)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Competition, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Knowledge Level, Outcomes of Education, Racial Differences

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