Intelligence can be taught
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Rated 5 starsAnswer to the Bell Curve, Before the Bell Curve!
Arthur Whimbey has done the environmental side of the nature/nurture debate a tremendous service by writing this most desperately needed book.He provides excellent resources stemming from the research of well-respected scholars, such as Siegfried Engelmann, Benjamin Bloom, and others, whose research has provided a powerful counter-attack to the bleak evaluation given by members of the academic elite who feel that blacks and...
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Rated 5 starsWhimbey claims dramatic success in raising intelligence
It's been 20+ years since I read this, but I was much impressed at the time. I no longer have a copy so I hope I'm remembering the facts correctly. Whimbey, a professor of psychology, ran a special school in California for 10-11 year olds who seemed to be getting nowhere in the public schools and who had IQ scores around 85. He concentrated on drilling the students in three principles of thought: 1. Have a reason for everything...
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