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What does this mean?
5 CommentsI came across the following diagram via popurls (I think!) It seems to suggest that IQ is the be-all and end-all to everything. Although the statistics (where do they come from?) might seem to be arranged to argue a point, there’s more to this than meets the eye.
Most of what’s recorded in the table comes down to values, not IQ. It just so happens that those with a more stable family background usually do better at school and are more likely to have a stable family background themselves. And are more likely to do well in IQ tests.
And a couple more things:
- IQ is a construct, just like school subjects and ‘emotional intelligence’. As teachers we need to beware of labelling students as unintelligent, lazy or incompetent. Whilst I don’t necessarily subscribe to the theory that everyone has their ‘gift’, I do believe that a lot of people have good reason not to be ‘good at school’ the way that it is currently conceived and put into practice.
- More and more people are making the lifestyle decision to do jobs that do not match their skill level. For example, my mother has never used her degree to get her a job – she did it because she was interested in it. She is the UK equivalent of a nurse’s aide, part-time, which would put her between 80-90 on the bell curve. Far from it: she’s a very intelligent woman.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics, eh? Still, it makes for interesting reading… ;)
Published on February 5, 2007 · Filed under: Uncategorized;
5 Responses to “What does this mean?”
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Ooh, where did I put my soapbox?
I am so opposed to the notion of an IQ! I have personal experience of the inaccuracy of the testing process even to test what it seeks to test. The whole testing process is unreliable. And that's before we start talking about whether what it tests has any value/validity/relevance.
To imply that a child can be tested at a certain age and that the results of that test are an indication of what that child may aspire to in his/her life just goes against everything I believe in. Did you spot the trailer to that BBC (ITV?) programme starting soon? It will track the journeys through life of a handful of really "gifted" kids. In other words, kids with very high IQs. One of the Dads literally punches the air when he is told that his son has an IQ of 170 – as if this represents an achievement on his part, or as if he has won some kind of competition.
I doubt he would have been just as pleased to hear that his child was severely dyslexic, since this would be seen as an obstacle. Little does he know how much of an obstacle his child's giftedness is going to prove. -
IQ and the Bell Curve…
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