March 6, 2024

Monday March 6, 2024

Circle: If you could choose an area of your life to be more intelligent about what would it be and why?  Examples: 

Vocabulary Quiz

Go over practice test.  Questions?  Impressions?

Working definition of Intelligence: The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.

Circle: You are smarter than some people and not as smart as others.  What does "smart" mean in this context?  Write down you answer first.

Circle: If you had the choice between  having more intelligence or being more likable which would you choose and why?

Turn and Talk:  How should we use testing of intelligence in schools, college and the workplace?

Learning Target: 37-1 

-Discuss the definition of intelligence and the present the arguments for g.

-Compare Gardner's and Sternberg's theories of multiple intelligences, and discuss criticisms they have faced.

-Describe the four components of emotional intelligence.

Activity: What is intelligence? The question on each of these;  Is this intelligence?

Kim Peek
Stephen Wilshire
Kelvin Doe 

Crash Course Intelligence

Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences

Crash Course: Controversy of Intelligence

Terms to know for test:

• Intelligence
• g
• Factor Analysis
• Howard Gardner
• Robert Sternberg
• Emotional intelligence
• Alfred Binet
• Stanford-Binet & Wechsler
• IQ
• Validity
• Reliability
• Standardization
• Normal distribution
• Stereotype Threat

Turn and Talk:  How many of you immediatly asked after the IQ test thursday how others did?  How did taking the test and the subsequent score make you feel?

TEDtalk: None of the Above

Learning Target: Module 37 Introduction of Intelligence

-Discuss the definition of intelligence and the present the arguments for g.

-Compare Gardner's and Sternberg's theories of multiple intelligences, and discuss criticisms they have faced.

-Describe the four components of emotional intelligence.

Learning Targets: Module 38 Assessing Intelligence

-Describe the characteristics of an intelligence test, and distinguish between achievement and aptitude tests.

-Discuss when and why intelligence tests were created, and explain how today's tests differ from early intelligence tests.

-Describe the normal curve, and explain standardization, reliability and validity.

Learning Targets : Module 39 The dynamics of intelligence

-Analyze how again affects crystalized and fluid intelligence.

-Define cross-sectional studies, and explain why it is important to know which method was used.

-Describe the stability of intelligence test scores over the lifespan.

-Discuss the traits of those at the low and high intelligence extremes.