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Genes Don't Just Predict Intelligence, But Also How Well You Do In School

Posted by Soulskill on from the banking-on-my-extra-credit-genes dept.

sciencehabit writes: If you sailed through school with high grades and perfect test scores, you probably did it with traits beyond sheer smarts. A new study of more than 6000 pairs of twins finds that academic achievement is influenced by genes affecting motivation, personality, confidence, and dozens of other traits, in addition to those that shape intelligence (abstract). The results may lead to new ways to improve childhood education.

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  1. Re:The high heritability of educational achievemen by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Did they factor in the socio-economic background of the parents, as in children of rich-folk get better education than children of poor-parents, and therefore do better, and are expected to do better, in exams.

    Yes they did.

    Did you bother to read the article, or did you expect someone to read it for you?

    Read the article? You must be new here...

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  2. Re:The high heritability of educational achievemen by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, genes shown to influence the ability to read linked articles.

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  4. Re:The high heritability of educational achievemen by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did you bother to read the article, or did you expect someone to read it for you?

    Dude. Not cool. You need to check your literacy privilege.