Wednesday, March 11, 2009

About Intelligence

Intelligence has been associated with what the individual can do in a new situation of ever increasing difficulty within a minimum amount of time.

IQ ( Intelligence Quotient )
IQ is both of prior educational achievement and a predictor of subsequent educational performance. Because the functions taught in the educational system are of basic importance in our culture, IQ is also an effective predictor of performance in many occupations and many activities of adult life.

3 Classifications of Mental Retardation
. Severe mental Retardation ( custodial)
. Moderate Mental Retardation (trainable)
. Mild Mental Retardation (educable)

Giftedness
Gifted/talented children are those who possess an untrained and spontaneously expressed natural ability in at least one ability domain significantly beyond that typically seen in children of the same age.

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