Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count
AUTHOR:
Nisbett, Richard E.
ISBN:
9780393065053
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York [etc.] : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
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 |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.