TAL 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Stuttering, Direct Instruction, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Teaching and Learning
• Course: TAL 103
• Professor: Lipsky

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Intelligence: labeling students is a controversial issue, disability, handicap, united spinal association pdf booklet on disability, students of ethnic minorities are more likely to be diagnosed with learning disabilities & less likely to. Explanations include the higher poverty rates among african american and latina/ o families, Ability or abilities to acquire & use knowledge for solving problems & adapting to the world. General factor in cognitive ability related in varying degrees to performance on all mental tests. Ability to do any mental task = (g) + task-specific ability: intelligence, general intelligence (g, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, gardner"s 8 intelligences: Mental efficiency, nonverbal abilities grounded in brain development. Ability to apply culturally approved problem solving methods logical-mathematical, linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily- kinesthetic, interpersonal: industrialized cultures tend to view intelligence just as a combination of linguistic & logical- intrapersonal, naturalist mathematical skills. Limitations of gardner: no published studies validate the mi theory, many of the intelligences are interrelated, not really separate.