Educational Differences

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Among particular issues discussed in this book are the problems of the cultural disadvantaged, the problems of devising psychological tests which are not biased towards any particular culture, the problems of minority groups of children in education and the relationship between heritability and teachability. EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES ......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Educational Differences......Page 4 Copyright ......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Hierarchical theories of mental ability......Page 28 The culturally disadvantaged: psychological and educational aspects......Page 95 Understanding readiness......Page 125 The role of verbal mediation in mental development......Page 140 Another look at culture-fair testing......Page 176 Selection of minority students in higher education......Page 232 Do schools cheat minority children?......Page 283 Varieties of individual differences in learning......Page 331 Can we and should we study race differences?......Page 351 The phylogeny and ontogeny of intelligence......Page 391 The heritability of intelligence......Page 398 Heritability and teachability......Page 407 References......Page 443 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 462 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 466