Word: gardner
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While Summers spoke extemporaneously from a set of notes, “I would have advised him to have spoken from a written text,” Gardner said...
...Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education Howard E. Gardner ’65 suggested that Summers—in keeping with his high-profile post—should have phrased his remarks more sensitively. “President Summers was absolutely within the pale of normal academic discourse,” Gardner wrote in an e-mail. But, Gardner added, “if he wanted to make these remarks publicly, it would pay him to run them by some colleagues—including people like me—to reduce the chance that he would be misunderstood...
...Gardner said that “Summers is correct that men are overrepresented at both ends of the bell curve in terms of math-science-spatial capabilities, just as they are overrepresented at both ends in terms of many conditions, both positive and pathological...
...Gardner said that “overrepresentation is not necessarily due to genetic factors.” He noted that Asians tend to outperform non-Asians on several tests that predict scientific aptitude—a phenomenon that likely reflects societal influences rather than biological differences...
...Gardner said that “overrepresentation is not necessarily due to genetic factors.” He noted that Asians tend to outperform non-Asians on several tests that predict scientific aptitude—a phenomenon that likely reflects societal influences rather than biological differences...