Educational Programs for Gifted Children Are Most Likely to Be

question 166

Multiple Choice

Educational programs for gifted children are most likely to be criticized for

• A) assuming that intelligence test scores can predict children's academic success.
• B) underestimating the extent to which a g factor underlies success in a wide variety of tasks.
• C) encouraging the segregation and academic tracking of intellectually
• Advantaged students.
• D) overemphasizing the genetic determinants of giftedness.

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Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Null Hypothesis

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