Intelligence testing and minority students : foundations, performance factors, and assessment issues /
This book offers the reader a fresh opportunity to re-learn and re-consider the implications of intelligence testing. The authors discuss the strengths and limitations of IQ testing relative to the factors which may contribute to biased results. They review the history of the adaptation and adoption...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
©2001.
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Colección: | Racial and ethnic minority psychology series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book offers the reader a fresh opportunity to re-learn and re-consider the implications of intelligence testing. The authors discuss the strengths and limitations of IQ testing relative to the factors which may contribute to biased results. They review the history of the adaptation and adoption of intelligence testing; evaluate the heredity-environment debate; and discuss the specific performance factors which apply to IQ testing of those in minority ethnic groups. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 388 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-363) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781452250885 145225088X 9781452231860 1452231869 |