Psychological Testing of American Minorities - Issues and Consequences

Klappentext The Second Edition of this classic work has been thoroughly updated and revised with an additional chapter providing a powerful rebuttal to The Bell Curve. Ronald J Samuda presents a comprehensive analysis of the perspectives, pitfalls, fallacies, issues, consequences and trends in the use of standardized norm-referenced tests with American minorities. He demonstrates that testing continues to be the primary method for injecting pseudoscientific arguments which bolster discrimination, prejudice and social injustice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword from the First Edition - William W Turnbull The Testing Controversy Technical Problems in the Appraisal of Behavior Nature and Nurture Environmental Factors Influencing Test Performance Educational and Social Consequences Alternatives to Traditional Standardized Tests Rebuttal to The Bell Curve

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ronald J Samuda, Ronald J. Samuda, Samuda Ronald J.
• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.03.1998
• EAN: 9780761912156
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1215-6
• Seiten: 296
• Serien: Multicultural Aspects of Couns; Multicultural Aspects of Counseling and Psychotherapy; Multicultural Aspects of Couns; Multicultural Aspects of Counseling series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Psychologie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; USA, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Ethics & moral philosophy, United States of America, USA, Ethics and moral philosophy, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement, Multi-Cultural Counseling;Psychometrics