A twin study of teacher-reported mathematics performance and low performance in 7-year-olds

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 504-517

  Oliver, Bonamy ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^a   Thomas, Marianna E Hayiou ^a   Kovas, Yulia ^a   Walker, Sheila O ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^b   Spinath, Frank M ^c   Dale, Philip S ^d   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 4544310635     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.3.504     Document Type: Article

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