IQ

It was interesting looking at IQ testing as opposed to standardised testing.  My imporessions after listening to everyones post is that IQ testing is very specialised.  What I mean by this is that IQ testing is not a good measure of how intellegent all people are because you need to define inteligence before you can do this.  What is considered importand and valid knowledge in one culture is not necessarilarily the same in another.  We have all heard the arguments that IQ tests are culturally bias and also bias in many other ways.  If we are going to use IQ testing as a measn of intwellegence testing then we must be sure of the purpose.  I am not sayingthey dont have their place.  Infoact I am sure they are important in some aspects of life.  However, I dont think we can use them as an accurate meas4ure in the school environment.

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