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P/F Writing Assignment for Day 6
Validity: What
test scores really mean
(education as the focus)
1. What would convince you that a test really measures “intelligence”? That is, what kinds of evidence would you want to see? You’ll have to think about this.
2. One way of assessing the importance of intelligence in everyday life is to see how well IQ scores predict differences in people's later success and failure. Based on the evidence in the Jensen reading, how important is intelligence in different arenas of life? Is it equally important in all arenas? Please explain.
3. Very importantly, what is the relation of intelligence to learning ability?
4. What kinds of learning does your chronic disease require—both initially and over time? To what degree do the different kinds represent learning tasks where, as Jensen discusses, learning depends more heavily on intelligence: hierarchical, etc.