Assessment and Development of Potential of High School Pupils in the Third World Context of Kwa Zulu/Natal

Abstract

This is the first of a series of articles which discuss research into the identification of potential in the Third World. Conventional psychometric tests are inappropriate in this setting and the writers are concerned to identify pupils with a high capacity for learning since the current manifest achievement of pupils is low. They are working on the paradigm of “test—teach—test” in order to assess the degree of modifiability under optimal conditions of mediation.