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Assessing Pupils' Intelligence through Self, Parental, and Teacher Estimates

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Title: Assessing Pupils' Intelligence through Self, Parental, and Teacher Estimates
Authors:Personal author, compiler, or editor name(s); click on any author to run a new search on that name. Chamorro-Premuzic, TomasArteche, AdrianeFurnham, AdrianTrickot, Nadine
Descriptors: IntelligenceAcademic AchievementIntelligence QuotientVerbal AbilityPsychometricsCognitive AbilitySelf Evaluation (Individuals)Parent AttitudesGender DifferencesSingle Sex SchoolsTeacher AttitudesFathersEvaluation MethodsSpatial AbilityMathematics SkillsMeasures (Individuals)Secondary School StudentsQuestionnairesIntelligence TestsForeign CountriesStatistical Analysis
Source: Educational Psychology, v29 n1 p83-97 Jan 2009
Publisher: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Date: 2009-01-00
Pages: 15
Pub Types: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract: This study examined the accuracy of self- and other-estimated intelligence in relation to tested cognitive ability and gender. Three groups of raters were examined: 187 (102 male, 85 female; mean age 14.33 years, SD = 0.32) pupils of single-sex comprehensive schools, 109 (55 mothers and 54 fathers) parents, and six teachers of the pupils. Pupils estimated their own overall IQ, while their parents and teachers estimated the pupils' overall, mathematical, spatial, and verbal abilities. Self- and other-estimates were compared to each other, and to the child's psychometric test scores in verbal, quantitative, and figural/non-verbal reasoning ability. Results suggested that participants were reasonably accurate at estimating pupils' intelligence--teachers significantly more so than parents, and pupils significantly more so than fathers. Although both parents significantly overestimated their child's IQ, this overestimation was more pronounced in fathers. (Contains 6 tables and 1 note.)
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