EDPE 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Robert Sternberg, Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Standard Score
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Teaching connections: individual differences: the ways in which people of the same age are different from one another, group differences: consistently observed differences, on average, among certain groups of individuals. Intelligence: intelligence: the ability to modify and adjust one"s behaviors in order to accomplish new tasks successfully. It involves many different mental processes, and its nature may vary, depending on the culture in which one lives. It involves the use of prior knowledge to analyze and understand new situations effectively. It involves the complex interaction and coordination of many different mental processes. It may be seen in different arenas (i. e. in academic tasks and in social settings) Measuring intelligence: intelligence test: a general measure of current cognitive abilities, used in schools primarily to predict academic achievement over the short run. Intelligence tests may also assist in the assessment and diagnosis of various learning difficulties: iq score: a composite score on an intelligence test.