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Download full textMiller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 1999
This issue of a research journal on gifted education examines a number of research projects that delve into questions of how family life affects intelligence, especially among gifted children. Specific articles include: (1) "Are We Raising Smarter Children Today?" (Wendy M. Williams), which discusses the effects of school-related factors…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Family Environment
Peer reviewedWalton, Joan Riley; Nuttall, Ronald L.; Nuttall, Ena Vazquez – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
A study of 54 Salvadoran children (age 12), born in the Salvadoran Civil War, found the personal/social impact of the war was more important than family togetherness or war intensity in determining the mental health of the children. Children's intelligence was highly related to surviving with greater mental health. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedClark, 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
Peer reviewedFischbein, Siv – Intelligence, 1980
Swedish longitudinal studies of twins support Scarr-Salapatek's explanation of nature-nurture influences on intelligence. This model predicts more genetic variance in test results for advantaged than disadvantaged groups. Jensen's work, however, suggests equal amounts of variance among different social classes. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences
