Assessing Intelligence - Applying a Bio-Cultural Model

Klappentext In response to shortcomings inherent in mainstream intelligence assessment, the authors of this volume propose a `bio-cultural' model as an alternative approach to current models. They offer a comprehensive and informed understanding of biological and cultural influences on intellectual behaviour, and explore the implications of the bio-cultural model for practitioners, researchers and policy makers. Zusammenfassung A supplemental text that poses an alternative approach to the models currently in use for assessing intelligence. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTELLIGENCE: MAJOR ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Intellectual Assessment in a Multicultural Society Conceptions of Human Intelligence and Implications for Its Assessment Culture and Cognition Toward a Biocultural Perspective of Intellectual Development PART TWO: INTELLECTUAL ASSESSMENT AND CULTURE: A NEW PARADIGM The Evolution of the Biocultural Assessment System The Biocultural Assessment System A Critical Review of Standardized Tests and Approaches of Intelligence Using the Biocultural Assessment Model Report Writing Utilizing the Four-Tier Biocultural Assessment System Evaluation of the Biocultural Assessment System PART THREE: TRAINING AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE BIOCULTURAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Training of Mental Health Workers, Educators and Parents To Enhance the Intellectual Functioning of Children Implications for Future Research and Policy

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• Autori: ARMOUR THOMAS ELEANOR GOPAUL MCNI, Eleanor Armour-Thomas, Eleanor Gopaul-Mcnicol Armour-Thomas, Armour-Thomas Eleanor, Sharon-Ann Gopaul-Mcnicol, Gopaul-McNicol Sharon-Ann
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.05.1998
• EAN: 9780761905202
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0520-2
• Pagine: 263
• Serie: Racial and Ethnic Minority Psy; Racial Ethnic Minority Psychology; RACIAL ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY; Racial Ethnic Minority Psychol
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; EDUCATION / Administration / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Teaching staff, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Intelligence & reasoning, Teacher assessment