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Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined

by Scott Barry Kaufman

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While standardized tests can certainly be useful for scientifically investigating the mind and brain, and can greatly inform educational interventions, there’s no reason why educators or anyone else for that matter needs to compare the intelligence of one person to another based on a single dimension of human variation.
most widespread gains in brain training come from programs that simultaneously address multiple aspects of a person, such as traditional martial arts training and enriched school curricula.
People with learning goals are all about increasing their skills, whereas those with performance goals are all about winning, and looking smart. Because
The comparison isn't with others; it's with your former and future selves.

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