Replacing education with psychometrics: How learning about IQ almost-completely changed my mind about education

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-277

  Charlton, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CRITICAL THINKING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EDUCATION; GREAT BRITAIN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 67649606812     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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