[Ohiogift] U.K. study concludes genes major influence on student academic achievement

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Below is a link to and excerpt from a story that appeared in HealthDay.  Below it are links to a press release from the University where the study was conducted and the abstract from the Academy of Sciences.  The study found that inherited traits other than intelligence affected students' performance on the GSCE tests in the U.K.


http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/child-development-news-124/genes-may-be-major-factor-in-child-s-grades-study-692408.html

By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Genetics may account for as much as 60 percent of academic achievement, according to a new British study.

"Genes are important not just in educational achievement or intelligence but in a whole raft of other traits which contribute to how easy and enjoyable children find learning," said study co-lead author Eva Krapohl, a graduate student at King's College London in England.

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/news/records/2014/October/Why-is-educational-achievement-heritable.aspx

http://www.pnas.org/content/111/42/15273.abstract