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43 - Intelligence and Achievement

from Part VIII - Intelligence and Allied Constructs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2019

By
Richard E. Mayer
Edited by
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

This chapter examines the reciprocal relation between intelligence and achievement, particularly within academic domains such as verbal ability and mathematical ability. In particular, the chapter examines the specific knowledge needed for successful performance on tests of verbal ability that focus on decoding or reading comprehension, and tests of mathematical ability that focus on solving arithmetic computation problems or arithmetic word problems.

Keywords

law of effectSATattribute x treatment interaction (ATI)expertise reversal effecttransferable knowledgeknowledgeFlynn effectdeliberate practiceacademic abilityverbal abilityphonological awarenessreading comprehensionmathematical abilityfluid intelligencecrystallized intelligence
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence , pp. 1048 - 1060
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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