Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count /
Nisbett, Richard E., 1941-
Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count / Richard E. Nisbett. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009. - x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index.
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.
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.
9780393065053 (hardcover) 0393065057 (hardcover)
2008044477
Intellect.
Schools.
Culture.
Cultural intelligence.
Thought and thinking.
Inteligencia
Cultura
BF 431 / N724i 2009
153.9
Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count / Richard E. Nisbett. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009. - x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index.
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.
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.
9780393065053 (hardcover) 0393065057 (hardcover)
2008044477
Intellect.
Schools.
Culture.
Cultural intelligence.
Thought and thinking.
Inteligencia
Cultura
BF 431 / N724i 2009
153.9