| Homeschooling parents often wonder what the | | | | tests fail miserably to measure a student's real |
| significance of their homeschooler's IQ score really | | | | intelligence because they do not account for a |
| means. In order for homeschooling parents to | | | | student's emotional intelligence, nor do such |
| understand what an IQ score really means in | | | | standardized tests account for a homeschooler's |
| terms of intelligence, they must first understand | | | | creative abilities. Finally, an IQ test does not factor |
| how an IQ score is determined. After learning | | | | in a student's own determination and will to |
| how it is determined, homeschooling parents can | | | | succeed. |
| then understanding the true meaning of their | | | | Many psychologists lean toward Gardner's theory |
| homeschooler's IQ score. | | | | of multiple intelligences and they also argue that |
| Homeschooling parents need to first realize that a | | | | intelligence can not be defined by a single test. |
| test that measures a student's intelligence | | | | Howard Gardner argued the theory that people |
| quotient focuses on a student's verbal and | | | | have several levels of intelligence including |
| mathematical skills. It is a standardized test that | | | | Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence, Mathematical-Logical |
| has frequently been used to "label" students in the | | | | Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Visual-Spatial |
| public school setting. Unfortunately, the intelligence | | | | Intelligence, Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence, |
| quotient tests are often extremely biased and | | | | Interpersonal Intelligence, Intrapersonal Intelligence, |
| they do not accurately determine an individual's | | | | Naturalist Intelligence, and Existential Intelligence. |
| intelligence. | | | | Further, since the average intelligence test only |
| An IQ test does not accurately define how smart | | | | focuses on the verbal, visual, and mathematical |
| a homeschooler is. Just because a homeschooler | | | | skills of the student, it can hardly be considered |
| may not perform well on an IQ test, it doesn't | | | | an accurate interpretation of a student's real |
| mean that they are doomed to a poor existence! | | | | intelligence level. |
| The IQ test does not factor in important skills and | | | | Ultimately, the homeschooler's intelligence quotient |
| talents that an individual has and therefore gives a | | | | is an irrelevant quotient-it means absolutely |
| score that is erroneous and incapable of defining | | | | nothing as far as the student's overall potential. |
| ones intelligence. What about a student's musical | | | | Parents shouldn't be overly concerned if their |
| abilities or artistic talents? What about a student's | | | | children don't ace an intelligence exam. After all, |
| socialization skills and the ability to understand | | | | even Einstein failed seventh math and was labeled |
| themselves as they interact with the world? Such | | | | nothing more than an average student. |