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Peer reviewedEmanuelsson, Ingemar; Svensson, Allan – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Changes in intelligence among Swedish 13-year-olds during a 20-year period was studied. Results show: (1) the average of spatial and reasoning intelligence has risen; (2) verbal intelligence increased during the 1960s, but declined thereafter; and (3) by the 1980s girls surpassed in verbal ability and equalled in spatial ability. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Download full textSvensson, Allan; And Others – 1997
As part of a continuing evaluation of the Swedish school system, changes in intelligence test scores from 1960 to 1995 were studied in relation to cohort, gender, and socioeconomic background. Changes in verbal, spatial, and reasoning ability were studied by comparing results on identical tests given to representative samples of Swedish…
Descriptors: Change, Cohort Analysis, Educational History, Elementary Education
