Race and intelligence

Did you know that almost 19 million people participate in clinical trials, but it is impossible to say how many are harmed? A character named Charlie was involved in a test to see if we can artificially improve human intelligence. Some say it was for the good of science, but many others can argue otherwise. The argument has arisen because of the side effects of the operation, the fact that the Ethics of Fieldwork were not followed, and the unfortunate death of Charlie. The short story “Flowers…

Nikola Tesla’s IQ was 200, Einstein’s was 160-180, Thomas Edison’s was 160 and the average for upper extreme is 130+. Nikola Tesla has one of the highest ever recorded IQ. Nikola Tesla has a prodigious memory he can memorize many of his own blueprints in his head without looking at them the entire time of him building them. Nikola Tesla went to the University of Prague in 1880.Nikola Tesla has made many inventions in his years of an inventor.Nikola Tesla was a famous inventor but he did a lot to…

all for a little bit.” Charlie Gordon got the chance to get an operation that would change his intelligence level. This operation would triple his current IQ which is 68. Charlie was chosen for this operation because he has a lot of determination, and he has always wanted to be smart and his work shows that he always gives it his best. Charlie would be the first human being to ever have his intelligence tripled by surgical means. I believe that this operation was a good idea because even though…

The Purdue Three Stage Model The Purdue Three Stage Model is a framework for a program or curriculum with an emphasis on creativity, higher level thinking, problem-solving skills, and independent learning abilities. This model is dependent upon trained and creative teachers willing to teach, facilitate and finally offer resources for each individual student. Criterion 1: Respect for individuals with diverse abilities, strengths, and goals (PARTIALLY MET) The Purdue Three Stage Model ’s gifted…

Intelligence is used every single day. It can be used effectively to manage a household and finances, to raise a family, to participate in higher education, in planning schedules, to file taxes, to operate a vehicle or to simply go to work and perform your job. Intelligence is essential in daily life. I use my intelligence when I am work on my school work. Without intelligence, I would not be able to comprehend the assignments and tasks…

Every person in this world has different attitudes towards learning. There is someone who wants to study for his or her own benefit and there are some people who use learning as a reason to fulfill desire such as gaining a title and money. Learning for external benefit is totally against the Chinese teaching, especially when it comes to Confucius. Confucius is well known as one of the most influential Chinese philosophers and teachers. His teachings are focusing on the social relationship such…

during tests I can remember them to help me answer questions. Multiple intelligence also explains different learning styles. Bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, and musical/rhythmic are my top three learning styles. My bodily/kinesthetic intelligence basically is that I actively get involved with my learning. I just started taking my flashcards to the gym so I can go over them while on the treadmill. My interpersonal intelligence is being able to be a great leader, do well in cooperative…

In his book, The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein claims that those who constitute the population of individuals under the age of thirty are members of the “dumbest generation”. He even goes to such an extreme as saying, “You guys don’t know anything,” (Bauerlein). However, is this not true? In today’s society, the students in the education system have gone from genuinely attempting to learn subject matter to simply just caring about letter grades and percentages, rather than retaining the…

The jigsaw classroom is a cooperative learning technique used in school systems around the United States. Its success found in the classroom with student participation has not gone unnoticed and more and more schools have started to use this style of teaching. Just as in a jigsaw puzzle, the jigsaw classroom works the same way. Each student is an important piece to the learning process and assigned a job to help create a final product. Since students’ parts are so essential, each student feels…

Throughout history civilizations have used physical objects to help solve everyday math problems. In Southwest Asia they used counting trays; wooden or clay trays covered in sand that the user drew symbols in as a tally chart. The ancient Romans then modified these to create the world’s first abacus. The Mayans, Aztecs and Incas all had different versions of knotted strings. The first true manipulatives were invented in the late 1800’s, they were maneuverable objects that appealed to several…