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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823922303321

Autore

Valencia Richard R

Titolo

Intelligence testing and minority students : foundations, performance factors, and assessment issues / / Richard R. Valencia, Lisa A. Suzuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2001

ISBN

1-322-41722-9

1-4522-3186-9

1-4522-5088-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 388 p.) : ill

Collana

Racial and ethnic minority psychology series

Altri autori (Persone)

SuzukiLisa A. <1961->

Disciplina

153.9/3/086930973

Soggetti

Minorities - Psychological testing - United States

Intelligence levels - United States

Intelligence tests - United States

Intellect - Genetic aspects

Cognition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-363) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I - Foundations; Chapter 1 - Historical Issues; Chapter 2 - Multicultural Perspectives of Intelligence: Theory and Measurement Issues; Part II - Performance Factors; Chapter 3 - Socioeconomic Status; Chapter 4 - Home Environment; Chapter 5 - Test Bias; Chapter 6 - Heredity; Part III - Assessment Issues; Chapter 7 - Race/Ethnicity, Intelligence, and Special Education; Chapter 8 - Gifted Minority Students; Chapter 9 - A Multicultural Review of Cognitive Ability Instruments

Chapter 10 - Future Directions and Best-Case Practices: Toward Nondiscriminatory AssessmentNotes; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers the reader a fresh opportunity to re-learn and re-consider the implications of intelligence testing. The authors discuss the strengths and limitations of IQ testing relative to the factors which may contribute to biased results. They review the history of the adaptation and adoption of intelligence testing; evaluate the heredity-



environment debate; and discuss the specific performance factors which apply to IQ testing of those in minority ethnic groups.