Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ414339
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Genetic Correlations between Reading Performance and IQ in the Colorado Adoption Project.
Cardon, Lon R.; And Others
Intelligence, v14 n2 p245-57 Apr-Jun 1990
Genetic and environmental etiologies of individual differences in tests of intelligence and school achievement were investigated in a study from the Colorado Adoption Project. A multivariate conditional path model was fitted to general cognitive ability and reading performance data from 119 adoptive and 120 nonadoptive families. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adopted Children, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Etiology, Genetics, Individual Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Multivariate Analysis, Path Analysis, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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