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Originally posted by uzlessYou take a class of 50 kids and give them tough Sudoku puzzles. Most of the faster ones will be a the top in terms of grades at the end of the year and the slower ones will be mostly at the bottom of the grades.
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You take a class of 50 kids and give them IQ tests.
Most of the higher IQ's will be at the top in terms of grades at the end of the year, and the lower IQ's will be mostly at the bottom of the grades.
Corollary: Just use the grades if you need to class students.
Originally posted by uzlessthey are articles, not the actual paper.
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/06/21/hscout605793.html
It's also in this friday's edition of Science magazine
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the problem with saying intelligence is related directly to grades is that a lot of intelligent people don't study, whereas others do and so their grades are the same...
but putting a number on how intelligent you are is silly-which is more valuable to a company, the one who can do the work standing on his head but isn't willing to do any more, or the one that works his butt off to do the work but is incapable of doing more?
Originally posted by geniusI didn't say that classing by grades was the best way to class by intelligence, just one of the best ways to class students if one needs to do it.
they are articles, not the actual paper.
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the problem with saying intelligence is related directly to grades is that a lot of intelligent people don't study, whereas others do and so their grades are the same...
but putting a number on how intelligent you a ...[text shortened]... any more, or the one that works his butt off to do the work but is incapable of doing more?
Originally posted by uzlessFirst-born children may have higher IQ's but I believe their siblings tend to be more outgoing and make friends more easily. There are advantages on both sides.
First kids brightest: Study
TheStar.com - News - First kids brightest: Study
June 21, 2007
Joseph Hall
Staff Reporter
A study of 240,000 Norwegian teenagers has found that first-born children are, on average, more than two I.Q. points more intelligent than the next kid in line.
As well, study author Dr. Petter Kristensen said in an interview t ...[text shortened]... ly interaction factors,” Kristensen says.
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/227973
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Originally posted by nige22I must say then that I'm quite an exception, not only do I have a higher IQ than my older brother, but I'm less outgoing as well. 😕
First-born children may have higher IQ's but I believe their siblings tend to be more outgoing and make friends more easily. There are advantages on both sides.