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ERIC Number: EJ835038
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-May
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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The ABCs of Math: A Genetic Analysis of Mathematics and Its Links with Reading Ability and General Cognitive Ability
Hart, Sara A.; Petrill, Stephen A.; Thompson, Lee A.; Plomin, Robert
Journal of Educational Psychology, v101 n2 p388-402 May 2009
The goal of this first major report from the Western Reserve Reading Project Math component is to explore the etiology of the relationship among tester-administered measures of mathematics ability, reading ability, and general cognitive ability. Data are available on 314 pairs of monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twins analyzed across 5 waves of assessment. Univariate analyses provide a range of estimates of genetic (h[superscript 2] = 0.00-0.63) and shared (c[superscript 2] = 0.15-0.52) environmental influences across math calculation, fluency, and problem solving measures. Multivariate analyses indicate genetic overlap between math problem solving with general cognitive ability and reading decoding, whereas math fluency shares significant genetic overlap with reading fluency and general cognitive ability. Further, math fluency has unique genetic influences. In general, math ability has shared environmental overlap with general cognitive ability and decoding. These results indicate that aspects of math that include problem solving have different genetic and environmental influences than math calculation. Moreover, math fluency, a timed measure of calculation, is the only measured math ability with unique genetic influences. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale; Wide Range Achievement Test; Woodcock Reading Mastery Test
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