Re: I.Q query

[David Simmons <dsimmon@uoft02.utoledo.edu>]

Scott,

The book was Pygmalion in the Classroom by Rosenthal and Jackson published in 1968.
It was part of my undergraduate reading in education. A recent paper I did led me to 
believe that the study had never been successfully replicated. A web search using the title 
should find many references.

Dave



scott johnston wrote:
> I recall hearing of a study done on a class of students in which the
> researchers divided the group in half on a random basis. One half was told
> they were gifted and treated acordingly and the other half told they were
> requiring special education and treated as "learning delayed". The measured
> IQ of the "gifted" students went up and that of the other half went down.
> Does anyone know the reference to the actual piece of research, or is this
> a myth?
> Further, does anyone know of any research looking at links between the
> quantity of intellectual challenge in a student's whole world and their
> consequent achievement in subjects like physics?
> Any thoughts and or info will be much appreciated.
> Regards Scott.

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David A. Simmons
St. John's Jesuit High School
Toledo OH
<dsimmon@uoft02.utoledo.edu>