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Haworth, Claire M. A., Asbury, Kathryn, Dale, Philip S. and Plomin, Robert (2011) Added value measures in education show genetic as well as environmental influence. PLoS One, Volume 6 (Number 2). Article number e16006. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016006
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016006
Abstract
Does achievement independent of ability or previous attainment provide a purer measure of the added value of school? In a study of 4000 pairs of 12-year-old twins in the UK, we measured achievement with year-long teacher assessments as well as tests. Raw achievement shows moderate heritability (about 50%) and modest shared environmental influences (25%). Unexpectedly, we show that for indices of the added value of school, genetic influences remain moderate (around 50%), and the shared (school) environment is less important (about 12%). The pervasiveness of genetic influence in how and how much children learn is compatible with an active view of learning in which children create their own educational experiences in part on the basis of their genetic propensities.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Learning -- Physiological aspects, Learning -- Genetic aspects, Effective teaching | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | PLoS One | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2 February 2011 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 6 | ||||||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | Article number e16006 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0016006 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC), National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (NIH), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | G0500079 (MRC), HD44454 (NIH), HD46167 (NIH), G0802681 (ESRC) |
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