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Peer reviewedOlson, Richard; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Word recognition data from identical and fraternal twins and siblings (N=172) indicated that the phonological coding deficit of children with reading disabilities was highly heritable. Orthographic coding was not significantly heritable. Poor readers with low IQs were superior to similar reading but average IQ readers in phonological coding.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence Differences
Johnson, Kathryn Mary; And Others – 1984
Several common assumptions about human intelligence are challenged in this paper. The "bucket" theory of intelligence describes intelligence as a stable psychological characteristic which affects learning, and which, when accurately measured, predicts an individual's learning capacity. The authors reject the idea that people who have…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Educational History
