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ERIC Number: EJ605828
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
'Working its Magic'? IQ Rise and the Demography of the Classroom.
McDonald, Geraldine
Oxford Review of Education, v24 n2 p225-34 Jun 1998
Discusses the reasons for the rise in IQ scores over time. Demonstrates the effect of the decrease in age at levels of schooling on the rise in IQ scores utilizing the data from the 1936 and 1968 standardization of the Otis Intermediate Test of Mental Ability, Form A, in New Zealand. (CMK)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Mental Age, Primary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Zealand