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Download full textHolmes, Monica Bychowski; And Others – 1968
In an effort to determine whether intelligence and school readiness could be estimated from observin g behavior and if middle class Head Start teachers ranked highly those pupils whose behavior resembled middle class behavior, the behavior patterns of 36 Head Start pupils were compared with their teachers' ranking of perceived intelligence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Disadvantaged
Adams, Wayne V. – 1967
Guessing patterns differ between children of lower and middle class. It is hypothesized that lower class children, because they live in an environment affording fewer rewards for problem solving, come to expect a lower degree of success than their middle class peers. Eighty white kindergarten children attending urban public school were divided…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Guessing (Tests), Intelligence Differences, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedGoldstein, David; Myers, Barbara – Child Study Journal, 1980
The discrepancy between middle-class and lower-class children's performance on IQ tests has been thought of as "cognitive deficit" or as "cognitive differences." This paper proposes another explanation--cognitive lag hypothesis--according to which the low IQ test scores of lower-class children are seen as due to the developmentally delayed…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Policy, Individual Differences, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedBartel, Nettie R. – Child Development, 1971
Results of this study were interpreted in terms of the social control function served by the public schools. (Author/RY)
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavioral Science Research, Correlation, Hypothesis Testing
Irwin, D. Michelle; Ambron, Sueann R. – 1973
Two studies were designed to examine the relationship between moral judgment and role-taking in young children. In Study I, 30 lower class and 30 middle class five-year-olds were presented with affective, cognitive and perceptual role-taking tasks. Task performances were then examined in relation to four dimensions of moral…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Intelligence Differences
Rothenberg, Barbara B. – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Instructional Materials
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1967
The importance and consequences of raising the average ability level (IQ) of the population requires consideration of the ability level that society requires, how the relevant abilities are distributed, and the efficiency of the current educational process. Within the framework of these factors, the document discusses the determinants of mental…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Children
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1968
Discussed are the theoretical explanations of the observation that low intelligence quotient (IQ), low socioeconomic status children appear to be brighter in certain ways than low IQ middle class youngsters. The two different theories on IQ as a function of socioeconomic status--environmental or cultural vs. genetically determined biological…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Concept Formation, Culture Fair Tests
