ERIC Number: EJ754552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Feb
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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The Origins of Diverse Domains of Mathematics: Generalist Genes but Specialist Environments
Kovas, Y.; Petrill, S. A.; Plomin, R.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v99 n1 p128-139 Feb 2007
The authors assessed 2,502 ten-year-old children, members of 1,251 pairs of twins, on a Web-based battery of problems from 5 diverse aspects of mathematics assessed as part of the U.K. national curriculum. This 1st genetic study into the etiology of variation in different domains of mathematics showed that the heritability estimates were moderate and highly similar across domains and that these genetic influences were mostly general. Environmental factors unique to each twin in a family (rather than shared by the 2 twins) explained most of the remaining variance, and these factors were mostly specific to each domain.
Descriptors: Etiology, National Curriculum, Genetics, Twins, Foreign Countries, Children, Mathematics Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Internet, Mathematics Skills, Heredity, Influences, Nature Nurture Controversy, Individual Differences, Elementary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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