Chapter
The Heritability of Educational Achievement in Children
45:48 - 54:42 (08:54)
The national tests given to children in the United Kingdom at age seven are 70% heritable, according to researcher Robert Plomin. These tests involve reading as many age-appropriate words as possible in two minutes.
Clips
The heritability of childhood traits such as academic orientation and intelligence during early school years is around 60%, compared to 40% heritability of IQ.
45:48 - 48:39 (02:51)
Summary
The heritability of childhood traits such as academic orientation and intelligence during early school years is around 60%, compared to 40% heritability of IQ.
ChapterThe Heritability of Educational Achievement in Children
Episode#353 - Robert Plomin - How Do Genes Influence Our Behaviour?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The test given to seven-year-olds to assess their reading ability is 70% heritable, and educators began to teach reading through word recognition in the 60s and 70s, leading to a focus on recognizing whole words instead of spelling and phonetics.
48:39 - 52:33 (03:53)
Summary
The test given to seven-year-olds to assess their reading ability is 70% heritable, and educators began to teach reading through word recognition in the 60s and 70s, leading to a focus on recognizing whole words instead of spelling and phonetics.
ChapterThe Heritability of Educational Achievement in Children
Episode#353 - Robert Plomin - How Do Genes Influence Our Behaviour?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Concordance rates for a diagnosis of schizophrenia are around 7% for both identical and non-identical twins, instead of the expected 25% similarity for twins, which makes it difficult to be useful statistically.
52:33 - 54:42 (02:09)
Summary
Concordance rates for a diagnosis of schizophrenia are around 7% for both identical and non-identical twins, instead of the expected 25% similarity for twins, which makes it difficult to be useful statistically.