Last week I purchased *Scientific American*'s recent release in their quarterly Exploring series. . . but wasn't able to look it over until on the step climber this morning. The volume (entitled "Intelligence") does a great job of covering this topic, including articles by Sternberg and Gardner (of course). Sternberg comments, as usual, on the inadequacy of standardized tests such as SAT's for predicting success (of some relevance to the recent thread on GRE testing). Gardner discusses the gross simplification of his theory of Multiple Intelligences by educators. Also discussed are "g" factor, reanalysis of data reported in Hernstein and Murray's "The Bell Curve", Savants, memory- enhancing drugs, evolution, animal reasoning and empathy, and artificial intelligence. Looks to me like great supplemental reading for an intro course. . . Should be available at the store until the end of February. Sandra ****************************************************************************** * Sandra Nagel Randall, Ph.D. Wayne County Community College District, MI Department of Human and Community Development 22265 Carleton Ave. Southfield, MI 48034 Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada Biopsychology Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Off: 248-948-8162 Fax: 248-948-5090 <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/snrandall">http://members.aol.com/snrandall </A> ****************************************************************************** *****
