Well, what about emotional intelligence? Does anyone know how that's ever measured?
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From: BRYAN JONES [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 May 2003 12:22
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Subject: Re: dyslexia and changing IQ
I wondered about that as well. Did many of us participate in the
BBCs Test the Nations IQ programme the other week I wonder?
Not as bright as you thought, eh? Many of the IQ tests rely on the
testee making an effort against the clock (i.e. under pressure). How
much effort will be put in will often depend on your state of mind at
the time and whether you can be bothered. I would probably have
come out as a genius had it not been for the fact that I hardly ever
do maths these days - and I'd had a drink, well that's my excuse.
On 14 May 03, at 16:29, Ginny Stacey wrote:
> I have just been reading the April version of the Guidance chapter 7
> page 35 about dyslexia assessments and I wonder what anyone else
> thinks about the statement that IQ doesn't change.
>
> I know the basic potential isn't supposed to change, but the tests
> measure what you can do or have learnt rather than raw potential.
> Suppose a child is identified as dyslexic in school and then has
> regular tuition so that the key language skills are more or less in
> place. This isn't a cure for dyslexia. You still have to work your
> way round the effects of short-term memory problems, and various other
> adult affects of dyslexia. However you can get language stable enough
> to do really quite well in the literacy tests available. I suspect
> that some adults will have literacy results that when compared with
> child values of IQ make it look like the dyslexia is no longer a
> problem and that if a new IQ test were done the results would increase
> with the literacy skill increase. In which case the difference
> between IQ and literacy would still be evident.
>
> What research has been done? Is anyone doing any? What does anyone
> else think?
>
> Ginny Stacey
>
> Dr Ginny Stacey
> Support Tutor for Dyslexic Students
>
> Oxford Brookes University
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Bryan Jones
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