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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Yes, you are so right about "prep[ing] by enrichment." Unfortunately, that is not what most parents mean when they inquire about where to find test prep materials. Enrichment will enhance any child's life no matter how smart s/he is. Prepping for a test will simply enable a child to do better on tests [b]but will have no effect on that child's true level of intelligence.[/b][/quote]

I guess there is no such thing as raw intelligence since "level" of intelligence is a reflection of prepping for enrichment.  Sounds like raw intelligence is an achievement test based on exposure, past experiences and what one has learned.

Raw intelligence is then the score you get on test day?

Kids go on and prep.  You'll be better off.  I'll take it anyway you can do it ...continuous or intermittent.  Of course, like exercise continuous is better.  But exercise or prep when you can.  It's better than doing nothing in my opinion.[/quote]

Actually, raw intelligence has nothing to do with a test score. It has to do with how quickly one learns, one's capability for deep learning, one's ability to be creative and to take multiple ideas and come up with something totally new and different. It is the capabilities one is simply born with. Yes, hard work is necessary to fulfill the possibilities of great inborn ability, but hard work cannot[i] make up for[/i] or change in born capability.

People are discussing two different things on this thread. One is whether people should work hard in life and do their best at whatever they do- well, of course they should! The other is whether people should teach young children specific techniques to help them do better on specific types of tests, a very different proposition from just working hard and doing one's best in whatever one sets one hand to.

You can teach a child how to get a high score on a particular test (that is written to be given to young children who have not been exposed frequently to that particular test), but that kind of test prep does not change the child's raw intelligence. [/quote]

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