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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London :
SAGE,
c2001.
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| Series: | Racial and ethnic minority psychology series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 388 pages) : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452231860 (ebook) : |