IQ Scores Not All That Smart
Following on from Self-Esteem Not All Its Cracked Up To Be, it turns out IQ scores are a very poor predictor of academic achievement as well.
Dr. Kevin McGrew is Director of the Institute for Applied Psychometrics has just started a new blog about intelligence. In an early post he highlights the fact that IQ only predicts 40% - 50% of school achievement. That is, 50% of children do better or worse than it their IQ suggests.
This will come as no surprise to many parents of dyslexics whose seemingly bright children do so poorly in a classroom situation.
Find Out More:
Books:
- The Light Barrier: A Color Solution to Your Child’s Light-based Reading Difficulties
- Reaching Out, Joining in: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children With Autism (Topics in Autism)
- Homework Without Tears: A Parent’s Guide For Motivating Children To Do Homework and To Succeed in School
- Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism: Communication, Social, & Academic Development
- Physical Activities for Improving Children’s Learning and Behavior
April 5th, 2005
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Comments on: IQ Scores Not All That Smart
i first new something was wrong with my daughter when she was in the first grade but the school would not do anything tl help her so i had to get childrens hospital involved to get my daughter the help she needed when she was in the 8th grade now she is a senior and now she is not allowed to have anything to do with me because of her jealous boyfriend. his whole family will not let her talk to me or anything it is like i don’t even have a child they have already threatened her and me both but i don’t know what to do about it.
Posted by: beverly January 9th, 2007 at 2:33 am
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