摘要：This comprehensive literature review examines the link between intelligence and achievement. It also provides a brief summary of selected psycho metric theories of intelligence. In attemp t to gather all relevant scholarly literature, several procedures were used. A search of the key terms in the ERIC, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar databases was performed. The literature evidences that verbal abilities have stronger correlation with academic achievement than nonverbal abilities. Furthermore, verbal abilities are related to readiness to learn while nonverbal abilities are related to potential to learn. If intelligence scores are used to predict any kind of future academic performance, both verbal (readiness) and nonverbal (potential) abilities should be evaluated. Besides, in order to identify gifted and talented students, assessment of verbal abilities should accompany with the assessment of nonverbal abilities so that they will be able to survive in advanced academic programs.
关键词：Intelligence; achievement; intelligence achievement relatio nship; theories of intelligence; gifted ; identification; literature review; testing
