Intelligence testing and minority students foundations, performance factors, and assessment issues
This book offers the reader a fresh opportunity to re-learn and re-consider the implications of intelligence testing. The authors discuss the strengths and limitations of IQ testing relative to the factors which may contribute to biased results. They review the history of the adaptation and adoption...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications
c2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Racial and ethnic minority psychology series.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798001706719 |
| Summary: | This book offers the reader a fresh opportunity to re-learn and re-consider the implications of intelligence testing. The authors discuss the strengths and limitations of IQ testing relative to the factors which may contribute to biased results. They review the history of the adaptation and adoption of intelligence testing; evaluate the heredity-environment debate; and discuss the specific performance factors which apply to IQ testing of those in minority ethnic groups. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 388 p.) : ill |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-363) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781322417226 9781452231860 9781452250885 |
