Level I and Level Ii Abilities in Primary School Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9616162 |
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| Authors | Alex Mackenzie (0000-0002-4329-4761, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author), A J MACKENZIE |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 312-320 |
| Publication date | 1981-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1981.tb02489.x |
| OpenAlex | W1970955413 |
| Language | EN |
S ummary . Jensen's (1970) two‐level theory of ability relates intelligence and rote learning to socio‐economic status (SES) and educational achievement. In order to test four hypotheses from the theory, two tests of Level I ability (Digit Span, and Paired Associates) and two tests of Level II ability (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and Raven's Matrices) and a questionnaire were administered to 525 fifth grade, Australian primary school children. Only one hypothesis was supported: that Level II ability is more strongly associated with SES than Level I ability. The utility of Jensen's suggestion that Level I ability should be more fully exploited in the education of disadvantaged children is questioned
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Memory span · Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test · Rote learning · Teaching method · Test (biology) · Vocabulary · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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