Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ408591
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Genetic and Environmental Etiologies of Reading Disability: A Twin Study.
LaBuda, Michele C.; DeFries, J. C.
Annals of Dyslexia, v38 p131-38 1988
Data analysis of 134 twin pairs from the Colorado Reading Project found that approximately 40 percent of the deficit observed in disabled readers is because of genetic factors, 35 percent because of environmental influences shared by twin pairs, and 25 percent because of environmental factors unique to the individual and/or error variance. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Etiology, Genetics, Predictive Measurement, Reading Difficulties, Twins
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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