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D'Amico, Antonella; Guastaferro, Teresa – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to analyse adjustment problems in a group of adolescents with a Specific Learning Disorder (SLD), examining to what extent they depend on the severity level of the learning disorder and/or on the individual's level of emotional intelligence. Adjustment problems,, perceived severity levels of SLD, and emotional and…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Multiple Intelligences, Learning Disabilities, Adolescents
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Lynn, Richard – Intelligence, 2012
Criticisms advanced by Felice and Giugliano (2011) of the thesis that IQs in Italy are higher in the north than in the south are answered and new data confirming the thesis are given from the PISA 2009 study and for math and reading abilities in the recent INVALSI study. New genetic data are given showing higher frequency of blond hair the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Ability, Mathematics, Intelligence Tests
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Templer, Donald I. – Intelligence, 2012
The present study was intended to provide perspective, albeit less than unequivocal, on the research of Lynn (2010) who reported higher IQs in the northern than southern Italian regions. He attributes this to northern Italians having a greater genetic similarity to middle Europeans and southern Italians to Mediterranean people. Higher regional IQ…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Schizophrenia, Intelligence Quotient, Genetics
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Megalakaki, Olga; Craft, Anna; Cremin, Teresa – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
In the present psychology-informed literature review we address some aspects of the nature of creativity from cognitive and confluence perspectives. The authors begin by discussing models of creativity offered by cognitive and confluence approaches, focusing on the transition from univariate to multivariate models. The article explores what these…
Descriptors: Creativity, Psychometrics, Intellectual Disciplines, Multiple Intelligences
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Felice, Emanuele; Giugliano, Ferdinando – Intelligence, 2011
In his article "In Italy, North-South differences in IQ predict differences in income, education, infant mortality, stature, and literacy," Richard Lynn claims to have found the reason causing the divergence between the Northern and the Southern regions of Italy. This article identifies the four main hypotheses formulated in his paper…
Descriptors: Infant Mortality, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Foreign Countries
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Firlik, Russell – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Describes the Reggio Emilia (Italy) model for preschool education. Addresses the perceived difficulties of transferring the program to U.S. schools, focusing on differences in patterns of thinking, educational attitudes, and cultural conventions between the two cultures. Provides perspectives for change and adaptation. (SD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning)