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Scarr, Sandra – 1979
The effects of family background on adolescents' IQ, aptitude, and school achievement test scores challenge some of the usual beliefs about the fairness of achievement rather than IQ tests, and the role of genetic differences among individuals and social class groups in academic achievements. Subjects included 115 adoptive families with adolescent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adolescents, Adopted Children
