Can we be intelligent about intelligence?. Why education needs the concept of plastic general ability

Educational Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-97

  Adey, Philip ^a   Csapó, Beno ^b   Demetriou, Andreas ^c   Hautamäki, Jarkko ^d   Shayer, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive stimulation; General mental ability; Intelligence; Specialised abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148950148     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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