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DETERIORATION QUOTIENT [1 record]

Record 1 2002-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Continuing Education
DEF

The degree of intellectual deterioration of an individual at a given age, usually estimated by measuring the difference between those functions which decline with age and those which do not.

OBS

deterioration quotient: reproduced from Terminology of Adult Education with the permission of the International Bureau of Education.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Mesure de la détérioration intellectuelle qu'a subie une personne à un âge donné. On le calcule d'ordinaire en mesurant la différence entre les fonctions intellectuelles qui baissent avec l'âge et celles qui ne le font pas.

OBS

quotient de détérioration : reproduit de Terminologie de l'éducation des adultes avec la permission du Bureau international d'éducation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Educación permanente
DEF

Grado de deterioro intelectual de un individuo a cierta edad, comúnmente estimado mediante la medición de la diferencia entre aquellas funciones que tienden a declinar con la edad y aquellas que no.

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