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ArticleLearning and individual differences2013

Understanding the science-learning environment: A genetically sensitive approach.

Claire M A Haworth, Oliver S P Davis, Ken B Hanscombe, Yulia Kovas, Philip S Dale, Robert Plomin

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  4. The high heritability of educational achievement reflects many genetically influenced traits, not just intelligence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014
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  5. Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): a genetically sensitive investigation of cognitive and behavioral development from childhood to young adulthood.Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies · 2013
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6 authors.

Claire M A HaworthKing's College London, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, United Kingdom.
Oliver S P Davis
Ken B Hanscombe
Yulia Kovas
Philip S Dale
Robert Plomin

Funding

Genetics, School environments and cognitive developmentR01HD044454 · NICHD · KING'S COLLEGE LONDON · PI PLOMIN, ROBERT · 2005 to 2014
$3.4M
Genetics of Mathematical Cognition and DisabilitiesR01HD059215 · NICHD · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PETRILL, STEPHEN A. · 2009 to 2012
$2.4M
GENETICS OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC MATH DISABILITIESR01HD046167 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI PETRILL, STEPHEN A · 2003 to 2005
$1.6M
Medical Research Council G0500079Medical Research Council G0500079(73692)Medical Research Council G0901245Medical Research Council G19/2NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD044454NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD046167NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD059215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that environmental influences on school science performance increase in importance from primary to secondary school. Here we assess for the first time the relationship between the science-learning environment and science performance using a genetically sensitive approach to investigate the aetiology of this link. 3000 pairs of 14-year-old twins from the UK Twins Early Development Study reported on their experiences of the science-learning environment and were assessed for their performance in science using a web-based test of scientific enquiry. Multivariate twin analyses were used to investigate the genetic and environmental links between environment and outcome. The most surprising result was that the science-learning environment was almost as heritable (43%) as performance on the science test (50%), and showed negligible shared environmental influence (3%). Genetic links explained most (56%) of the association between learning environment and science outcome, indicating gene-environment correlation.

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Behavioural geneticsGene–environment correlationLearning environmentsScience abilityTwins

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PMID23565044
PMCPMC3617601

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