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Peer reviewedOlson, R. K.; And Others – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1991
Subjects measures of word recognition, phonological coding, and orthographic coding obtained from analyses of identical and fraternal twins to multivariate genetic analysis. Finds that genetic influences on individual differences in word recognition were more strongly related to genetic variance in phonological coding than in orthographic coding.…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Genetics
Direct linkHarlaar, Nicole; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2006
In a companion paper, word recognition skills assessed by telephone using the Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) were found to correlate highly with National Curriculum (NC) teacher-assessed reading ability in 7-year-old twins. This study examined the genetic and environmental origins of this high correlation. TOWRE and NC scores were both…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Genetics, Word Recognition, Individual Differences
