Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count
Title:
Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count
Author:
Nisbett, Richard E.
ISBN:
9780393065053
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York [etc.] : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009
Physical Description:
x, 304 p. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Varieties of intelligence -- Heritability and mutability -- Getting smarter -- Improving the schools -- Social class and cognitive culture -- IQ in black and white -- Mind the gap -- Advantage Asia? -- People of the book -- Raising your child’s intelligence ... and your own -- Epilogue: What we now know about intelligence and academic achievement.
Abstract:
Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced: the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description.
Subject:
| Intellect |
| Schools |
| Culture |
Summary:
Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced: the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description.