There are few topics that create as much controversy as intelligence. How is it defined? How can it be tested? Should it be tested, and if so, how should the results be used? What connections, if any, exist between intelligence and achievement? Should people of widely different aptitudes be educated identically? Why do individual differences exist in the first place? The website "Human Intelligence" does an excellent job providing an overview of the topic. Particularly, I want you to take a look at
"Current Controversies" aka "Hot Topics" in Intelligence. There are 14 subtopics listed. Choose one, read the material and then comment.
Also, please read the "
The social cost to academic achievement". Don't comment here, but be prepared to discuss on Monday.
And, if you're interested, the little mini IQ sampler we played with on Thursday was taken from the website of
Mensa, the oldest high IQ society in the world (minimum of 132 @ +2.2 SD). Scroll down towards the bottom and click on "mental workout" if you've nothing else to do.
