1. Smartness and test scores
Eric Herrera
8/23/2012
Humanities
MCLA 8th Grade

2. Tezkatlipoka - Self Reflection
Some of these questions were:
Who decides what should be taught in the 8th grade?
Why do people strive for knowledge?
Our research question was Smartness and test scores.
I choose this research question because I really wanted to see how the 7th graders thought about how smart they were and how they thought of their test scores.

3. Quetzalkoatl - Precious Knowledge - Literature Review
They generally thought that the brain was a radiator that cooled the blood because the center of the thought was the heart.
Galton believed that smartness runs in his family he tried to prove this by using Darwin’s perspective to prove “prove” the intelligence runs in his family.
Scientist tried to prove at the time that certain races had bigger skulls and bigger brains.
Binet is the man who began to look toward psychological methods of measuring intelligence. Binet made a test that they learn in daily life he made a test because he wanted to see were people were on the scale for example if you failed you would be at the bottom of the scale and if you past you were on the top scale.
Stereotype threat is the event of a negative stereotype is about a group to which one belongs becoming self relevant, usually as a plausible interpretation for something one is doing, for an experience one is on, that has relevance to one’s self-definition.”
Today's looks like standardized testing because throughout the year students would take a test.

4. Huiztlilopochtli - The Will to Act
My research question is Smartness and Test scores.
We did are research question by interviewing 7th graders I worked with Rewan Hamasaed.
After analyzing my findings I’m able to see that four out of one felt very dumb. These findings are important because it shows how four of the kids we interviewed felt they were very dumb because they didn’t pass the test or didn’t get the question right. This research is transforming because we keep doing interviewing people and getting their opinion’s. This research has helped me to see that all the 7th graders opinions of what they think of themselves. This research is helpful for my school because I’m telling the community what the 7th graders think of themselves.

5. Xipe Totek - Transformation
MY findings help me because it shows me how what 7th graders think about them selves.
This will transform into see how 7th graders think about them self’s.

6. Works Cited
Hatt, Beth. "Smartness as a Cultural Practice in Schools." American Education Research Journal (2012): 438. Print. Mullick, Nirvan, , dir. Caine's Arcade. Film. 17 Aug <http//: Wanjek, Christopher. Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, inc., Print.