Nature more than nurture determines exam success

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2948-2949, 2013, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A controversial study on twins claims to provide evidence that the genes people inherit have a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting. The study was designed by Robert Plomin of the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London and his colleagues, to tease apart the impact of genes and the environment on educational achievement. The key objective was to see how exam scores varied from the national average depending on whether twins had the same genetic make-up, as identical twins do, or shared only half of their genes, which is true for non-identical twins. Each pair shared the same environment and schooling.