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[quote=Anonymous]9:54 keeps posting, but others continue to challenge her.  If I could take a stab at the underlying assumptions, it's a continuation of the age-old "nature vs. nurture" debate.

If I could characterize 9:54's assumptions very generally, it seems to be that IQ is mostly innate.  That kid doing Algebra in 4th grade is there because her brain just works more efficiently. Her mind is like a steel trap, and although the other kids in the class need to hear the multiplication tables over and over, she is bored stiff by this.

Others point to the 10,000 hours research.  That kid is doing Algebra in 4th grade because she started doing it in K and has since put in 10,000 or so hours.  This is because of certain personal characteristics besides just intelligence. These personal characteristics could include (a) an innate love of math, and (b) the persistence, drive, and focus to pursue this particular passion for 10,000 hours.

Please correct me if you think I've misrepresented your assumptions.

Interesting issues.  First, doing Algebra in 4th grade may just signal that the kid loves math and wants to spend his or free time doing -- not that the kid is a genius.

Second, are the qualities of "persistence" and "focus" that lead a kid to do 10,000 hours of math somehow associated with intelligence?  And should we say that a kid who puts the same persistence into hitting baseballs (see the Genius book) is somehow "less intelligent"?

I don't have the answers.  I think this is a developing field.[/quote]

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