b. evidence 2: the fault of students’ wrong concepts about themselves lies with the teachers, parents, or administrators but not with the gifted grouping itself (8 – 9)
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The IQ score is an operational, manifest, observable, and measurable representation of intelligence. A person’s IQ score represents his standing in relation to other people of his age group. The following is a table of IQ ratings:
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IQ scores 130 or more 120 – 129 110 – 119 90 – 109 80 – 89
Description Very superior Superior Bright normal Average Dull normal
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A. opposing view 1: fears of creating a caste of intellectual snobs on the part of the gifted and a sense of inferiority on the part of the less gifted (Paragraph 5)
Unit Seven
Text I Grouping the Gifted: Pro
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IQ is the abbreviation of “Intelligence Quotient”, which is a number used to express the apparent relative intelligence of a person determined by dividing his mental age as reported on a standardized test by his chronological age and multiplying the result by 100.
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Intelligence is a hypothetical construct used to describe individual differences in an assumed latent variable that is, by any direct means, unobservable and immeasurable. In its popular usage, the concept of the intelligence refers to variations in the ability to learn, to get along in society, and to behave
B. author’s refutation by pointing out the erroneous notions: such fears are groundless (Paragraphs 6 – 9)
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a. evidence 1(personalized evidence): years of practice and amount of “gifted grouping” yield no negative results (6 – 7)
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C. opposing view 2: gifted grouping yields no significant achievement (10)
D. author’s refutation by finding fault with the opposing party’s supporting evidence (11 – 15)
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according to contemporary social expectations. Behavioral scientists, psychometrists, and educators will frequently describe individuals with reference to the intelligence quotient that is derived from standardized tests of intelligence.
a. evidence 1: their supporting evidence against grouping is based on IQ scoreபைடு நூலகம், which are far from reliable (11)
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b. evidence 2: no reliable devices exist for measuring growth in such areas as creativity, attitudes, personal adjustment, latent interest and talent, and innate capacity and IQ scores measure only mastery of factual detail (12)