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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Nisbett |
| ISBN: | 0393065057 9780393065053 9780393337693 0393337693 |
| OCLC Number: | 699208484 |
| Notes: | 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 know now about intelligence and academic achievement. - Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Description: | x, 304 S. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Richard E. Nisbett. |
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Nisbett argues that a variety of social, cultural, and economic factors can significantly affect a child s IQ, and suggests ways to improve intelligence scores, as well as grades, by manipulating those factors. Read more...
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