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ERIC Number: EJ514023
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
A Synopsis of Herrnstein and Murray's "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life" (New York, Free Press, 1994).
Belke, Terry W.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v41 n3 p238-56 Sep 1995
Neutral summary of "The Bell Curve" (Herrnstein and Murray) by a former student of Herrnstein. Focuses on the emergence of a cognitive elite in the United States; relationships between IQ and poverty, educational attainment, unemployment, divorce, illegitimacy, welfare dependency, parenting competence, criminal behaviors, and voting; racial and ethnic differences in IQ; and implications for education and public policy. (SV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Heredity, Higher Education, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Lower Class, Nature Nurture Controversy, Public Policy, Racial Differences, Social Class, Social Stratification
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bell Curve (Herrnstein and Murray)
Note: Theme issue title: Canadian Perspectives on "The Bell Curve."