Evidence that rising population intelligence is impacting in formal education

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 797-810

  Cocodia, Ebinepre A ^a   Kim, Jung Sook ^a   Shin, Hyun Seok ^b   Kim, Joong Won ^a   Ee, Jessie ^c   Wee, Mary S W ^a   Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Australia; Flynn effect; Korea; Population intelligence; Real world impact; Rising IQ; Singapore; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042342707     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00284-2     Document Type: Article

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