Intelligence tests sometimes fail to predict college performance because character and temperament qualities play a deciding role¶

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q1 i? From his work with students at Brown University, Colvin reports many instances in which intelligence test results failed to indicate, or varied from, actual college performance, often because qualities other than intelligence were decisive. → Colvin 1921

Evidence¶

Colvin 1921¶

Colvin, S. S., & Pintner, R. (1921). Intelligence and Its Measurement. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/edu

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Colvin's informal observational report from his own student advising work, presented as expert experience rather than a systematic study. He attributes the lack of relation in many instances to character and temperament qualities playing a deciding role.

"In my work with students at Brown University, I have found scores of instances in which intelligence tests have not only failed to indicate in a positive way college performance, but have also shown results at variance with this performance."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• General Cognitive Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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