MEASURED IQ RELATED TO TEACHER-ESTIMATED INTELLIGENCE: AN EXPLORATION IN BIAS

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  • Eigil Pedersen McGill University

Abstract

By comparing the teacher-estimated intelligence to the measured IQs of high school students, this study finds that teachers tend to overestimate the IQ of working class boys, and to underestimate the IQ of girls, regardless of their socio-economic status.

Author Biography

Eigil Pedersen, McGill University

EIGIL PEDERSEN, Ed. D. (Harvard), is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Foundation Studies Division in McGill's Faculty of Education

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1968-04-01

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Pedersen, E. (1968). MEASURED IQ RELATED TO TEACHER-ESTIMATED INTELLIGENCE: AN EXPLORATION IN BIAS. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 3(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6760

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