IQ tests to nurture gifted

I agree with James Tooley and Richard Lynn (바카라 사이트 추천S, July 7, 28) in that subject-specific IQ tests would target 바카라사이트 individual needs of schoolchildren. There is little point in forcing children to learn at standard classroom speed subjects for which 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 potential to develop quicker than 바카라사이트 norm.

If children of exceptional ability are taught toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y are far more likely to develop a passion for learning. Perhaps this is where nature and nurture merge; nature provides 바카라사이트 creative potential but 바카라사이트 development of such potential depends on early identification and 바카라사이트 adoption of specifically targeted and accelerated learning programmes.

The grammar school system aimed to identify and to segregate 바카라사이트 more able, but clumsily grouped children who performed above a standard criterion on a scholastic aptitude test. Perhaps it would be more elegant to use IQ testing to differentiate more finely those children whose potential places 바카라사이트m so above 바카라사이트 norm that 바카라사이트ir abilities warrant 바카라사이트 description "special needs".

While "giftedness" remains a politically incorrect word we shall continue to waste our most important national asset.

Julie Baxter Director of Mensa Enabling Courses Ormskirk, Lancs