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Born, Marise Ph.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1987
Meta analysis is used to examine the results of 189 studies concerning sex and intelligence. The relationship between these two variables is investigated for five large clusters of cultures. For some intelligence factors, significant cultural differences are found between Western groups and Asian/African groups. (VM)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Females, Generalization, Intelligence Differences
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Harker, R. K. – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 1978
A study of two separate models which implicitly explain the underachievement of Maori pupils indicates that there is a generalized (or generalizing) factor affecting the performance of Maori children as a whole despite environmental differences. These environmental differences have a relatively strong effect on Pakeha children. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences
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Shapira, Rina; Hadad, Menashe – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1982
The relative influence of scholastic achievement, intelligence, athletic ability, and ethnic origin on the formation of friendships among pupils in two Israel elementary schools was explored. The most important factor was found to be similar academic achievement, followed by intelligence and athletic achievement. (Authors/PP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Athletes, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
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Poortinga, Ype H.; Van Der Vijver, Fons J. R. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1987
Methodological tools such as analysis of variance designs can reflect bias. Difficulties in the interpretation of cross-cultural differences can be avoided only if the researcher considers all external variables which account for the variance. No variance should be left to be explained in terms of culture. (VM)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Bias, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Beauchamp, David P.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
Differences were investigated in performance between third-grade American and Canadian children on two subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised. Results were discussed in terms of Canadian and American curriculum contents and test-taking experiences. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Experience
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Serpell, Robert – British Journal of Psychology, 1979
British and Zambian children were compared on their abilities to reproduce patterns, from tactile and visual presentations, by modeling, drawing, and gesturing. Age, sex, and intelligence variables were analyzed. Results suggested that cross-cultural differences in these tasks reflect differences in specific perceptual skills rather than broad…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Gonzales, Ricardo R.; Roll, Samuel – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1985
The relationship of Mexican-Americans' degree of acculturation to analytic cognitive style and verbal and nonverbal intelligence was investigated. Findings revealed that when Mexican-Americans become similar to Anglos in acculturation, there is no significant difference in intelligence scores. (KH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Clark, Lesley A.; Halford, Graeme S. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1983
Urban and rural Aboriginal- and Anglo-Australian children were tested for reading and math achievement, for nonverbal psychometric test intelligence, and for three cognitive styles. Psychometric intelligence was clearly a more powerful predictor of the effects of culture and location on school achievement than was cognitive style. (Author/CMG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Blum, Jeffrey M. – 1978
Pseudoscience, or the process of persuasion by establishing a pretense of scientific discovery, is examined in this book in an effort to dispel false notions about the validity of various measures of intelligence and the correlations of genetics to mental ability. The history and development of concepts related to hereditary intelligence and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Research, Environmental Influences, Ethnic Groups
Gartner, Alan; Riessman, Frank – 1973
Once again intelligence tests are being used as the major basis to establish the genetically determined limitations of minority and economically disadvantaged groups. By reviewing the arguments regarding the I.Q. test and the hereditability of intelligence, the author compares these with two sets of phenomena: the I.Q. test scores and the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences
Goldberger, Arthur S. – 1974
This paper critically examines the portions of Arthur Jensen's books, "Genetics and Education" and "Educability and Group Differences," that concern Barbara Burks' 1928 study of adoptive families. Jensen cites the low correlations of children's IQs with measures of home environment from Burks' study as evidence that environment…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences
Willey, Diane L.; And Others – 1993
R. J. Sternberg and others found that the types of behaviors reported by laypersons as characterizing different types of intelligence varied across the different groups tested, and that a person's concept of intelligence affects the manner in which he or she evaluates the intelligence of others. Two experiments by Sternberg et al. were replicated.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, College Students