WHAT: Why the current techniques of measuring intelligence and achievement are wrong and ways to reduce the minority-White test-score achievement gap.
WHO:
Robert Sternberg, Ph.D., Yale University
Cultural, Multicultural, and Cross-Cultural Intelligence Research: Necessary, Not Just Nice
How studies in other cultures show that claims made very assertively about intelligence, based on Western notions, are dead wrong. The claims are based on a narrow, ethnocentric view of the nature of intelligence and how to measure it. For example, in Kenya we showed that the notion of a single intelligence just cannot be right, at least as it is usually conceived. In Tanzania we showed that children who do poorly on intelligence tests can do much better if taught appropriately what to expect on such tests.
WHEN: Friday, August 23, 2002, 9:00 - 9:50 AM (Session 2048)
WHERE: McCormick Place, Lakeside Center - Level 4, Meeting Room E450a
WHO:
Joshua Aronson, Ph.D., New York University, NY
Narrowing the Minority-White Achievement Gap: Lessons From Psychology
Research has shown how minorities contend and cope with negative stereotypes about their abilities, how to boost motivation and performance by attending to students' theories of intelligence and how to arrange classrooms to boost the performance of traditionally low performing groups. Why the education community has been unsuccessful in implementing these lessons and other scientific innovations that hold so much promise for the narrowing the gap will be discussed.
WHEN: Friday, August 23, 2002, 4:00 - 4:50 PM (Session 2362)
WHERE: McCormick Place, Lakeside Center - Level 2, Meeting Room E259