Developmental origins of low mathematics performance and normal variation in twins from 7 to 9 years

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-117

  Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Kovas, Yulia ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; TWINS; WALES;

EID: 33947258300     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.106     Document Type: Article

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