Intelligence Measurement and School Performance in Latin America (PDF)

psychology lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Freie Universität, Berlin (1991). He is full Professor at the School of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Director of the Center for the Development of Inclusion Technologies (Spanish: CEDETi). His research interests are the relations between play and learning, and the development of ICT-based systems that support the education of disabled children, as well their assessment. He has written more than 20 international indexed papers, and four books (all in Spanish). He was the collaborator of the SLATINT project in Chile.



María Emilia Lucio-Gómez Maqueo is psychologist and associate professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She received her Phd. degree from the same institution in 1976. She made a speciality in Psychoanalysis and a diplomat in Narrative Therapy. Actually she coordinates a Master¿s degree in Child Psychotherapy, in Psychology School, where she is also professor in the postgraduate Program in Psychology and she has been mentor of more than 240 thesis. She is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), level 3. She is also President of the Mexican Society of Suicidiology and she is a member of other associations. She received several awards for her contribution to the Mexican psychology, in 2017 she received Lifetime Career Award by Stress and Anxiety Research Society. In that year she also fulfilled 50 years of academic work in the UNAM. She has published almost 60 scientific papers and 17 books. . Her research interests are in areas such as personality assessment, clinical psychology, mental health, and types of intervention and prevention in adolescence and childhood. She coordinated the Mexican standardization of several scales related to personality and mental health. She was the collaborator of the SLATINT project in Mexico.



Miguel Gallegos is psychologist and professor at the National University of Rosario, Argentina. He received two PhD from the same institution and the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He conducted post-doctorate research in the National University of Cordoba (Argentina, 2014), National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico, 2015) and the National University of Rosario (Argentina, 2017). He published 32 scientific papers, participated as author or co-author of several books and was an invited speaker in several Latin American countries. His research interests are in areas such as psychology history, sociology and politics of Latin-American education. He was the collaborator of the SLATINT project in Argentina.



Norma Reátegui Colareta is psychologist and professor at the San Ignacio de Loyola University, Peru, where she is also dean of the Faculty of Humanities. She received her PhD from the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia in 1993 and acted as consultant for Latin American projects sponsored by UNICEF and the World Bank regarding education. She was the collaborator of the SLATINT project in Peru.