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The Stability of Educational Achievement across School Years Is Largely Explained by Genetic Factors
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Direct linkKaili Rimfeld; Margherita Malanchini; Eva Krapohl; Laurie J. Hannigan; Philip S. Dale; Robert Plomin – npj Science of Learning, 2018
Little is known about the etiology of developmental change and continuity in educational achievement. Here, we study achievement from primary school to the end of compulsory education for 6000 twin pairs in the UK-representative Twins Early Development Study sample. Results showed that educational achievement is highly heritable across school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Twins, Genetics, Academic Achievement
