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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Independent George to the rescue

re: Norwegian IQ study as future "proof" that peer-tutoring and heterogeneous grouping are really, really good for gifted children:

The sociobiological argument against heterogeneous grouping is that siblings share 25% common genes, and therefore have a biological stake in each other's success. This is not the case within a heterogenous peer group, where others would be viewed as a competitive threat to their survival.


Excellent!


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5 comments:

  1. Independent GeorgeJune 27, 2007 at 4:23 AM

    Oh shoot. I spelled 'heterogeneous' and 'would' wrong, and there's an extra 'the' in the second sentence.

    *sigh*

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  2. Independent GeorgeJune 27, 2007 at 4:38 AM

    Ugh - superfluous use of 'siblings' in the first sentence, too. Why don't I ever notice this stuff before I post?

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  3. Catherine JohnsonJune 27, 2007 at 7:07 AM

    better question: why didn't I notice it??

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  4. Catherine JohnsonJune 27, 2007 at 7:09 AM

    OK, fixed.

    I think.

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  5. Independent GeorgeJune 27, 2007 at 8:59 AM

    Huzzah for copy editors!

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