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Intelligence and how to get it : why schools and cultures count / Richard E. Nisbett.
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TextReference number: 2008044477Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009. Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780393065053; 0393065057Subject(s): Intellect | Schools | CultureDDC classification: 153.9 LOC classification: BF431 | .N57 2009
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.
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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.
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