I found this article abut an AP psych teacher who used the Chitlin' Test in
class. Go to http://wtvr.com/2014/05/01/nc-school-chitling-test/
I think this test was mentioned last week on TIPS?
Jim Matiya
FGCU Psychology
Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
Yikes - teachers can't do anything these days!
In fairness to the teacher: It was originally called the Dove Counterbalance
General Intelligence Test and can remind people about the importance of culture
in test taking performance. The items are from the 1960s. However, I hope the
teacher in
p.s. I also notice in the top of the photo that it is part of a standard
educational text (Wadsworth/Thompson Learning). In the US at least, grade
school teachers have strict goals to accomplish, and cultural sensitivity is
one of them. And the text book industry fills the books with
On Fri, 02 May 2014 08:27:06 -0700, John Kulig wrote:
Yikes - teachers can't do anything these days!
In fairness to the teacher: It was originally called the Dove
Counterbalance
General Intelligence Test and can remind people about the importance of
culture
in test taking performance. The
I think what John is referring to is the use of the term bias to mean that
the IQ tests are not different in their predictiveness of outcomes across
cultural groups. Certain groups may score lower than others, and this may well
be due to prejudice and discrimination that exists in the culture
