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Sternberg, Robert J.; Bonney, Christina R.; Gabora, Liane; Merrifield, Maegan – Educational Psychologist, 2012
This article outlines shortcomings of currently used university admissions tests and discusses ways in which they could potentially be improved, summarizing two projects designed to enhance college and university admissions. The projects were inspired by the augmented theory of successful intelligence, according to which successful intelligence…
Descriptors: Intelligence, College Students, Grade Point Average, Prediction
Restori, Alberto F.; Gresham, Frank M.; Cook, Clayton R. – California School Psychologist, 2008
When Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act in 2004 (IDEIA 2004), local educational agencies (LEA) were permitted to use a Response-to-Intervention (RtI) approach for identifying children with possible learning disabilities for special education. Furthermore, IDEIA 2004 no longer required LEAs to establish an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities, Intelligence Tests
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Kelly, M. E.; McConnochie, K. R. – Australian Journal of Education, 1974
It is the particular concern of the present paper to examine some important features of the cognitive deficit model, and in particular, to look closely at the assumptions on which compensatory education is based. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Compensatory Education, Diagrams, Environmental Influences
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Gallagher, James J. – Intelligence, 1985
Disparities between European countries and the U.S. in terms of incidence and prevalence of mild mental retardation have become apparent. A model of intellectual performance that might explain disparities and predict future levels of occurrence of mild mental retardation is presented. Such explanations are relevant for theory and policy decisions.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient