Nisbett, Richard E. <br/><br/>
Intelligence and how to get it :  why schools and cultures count / 
Richard E. Nisbett 
 - 1st ed 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Co.,  2009. 
 - x, 304 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index. 
<br/><br/>Varieties of intelligence -- Heritability and mutability - - Getting smarter -- Improving the schools -- Social class and cognitive culture -- IQ in black and white -- Mind the gap -- Advantage Asia? -- People of the book -- Raising your child's intelligence ... and your own -- Epilogue : what we now know about intelligence and academic achievement -- Appendix A : infomal definitions of statistical terms -- The case for a purely environmental basis for black/white differences in IQ. 
<br/><br/> Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced : the anti-Bell Curve book--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393065057 9780393065053 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Culture<br/>Intellect<br/>Schools