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Hart, Sara A.; Soden, Brooke; Johnson, Wendy; Schatschneider, Christopher; Taylor, Jeanette – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Influential work has explored the role of family socioeconomic status (SES) as an environmental moderator of genetic and environmental influences on cognitive outcomes. This work has provided evidence that socioeconomic circumstances differentially impact the heritability of cognitive abilities, generally supporting the bioecological…
Descriptors: Genetics, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Environment, Environmental Influences
Erbeli, Florina; Hart, Sara A.; Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Taylor, Jeanette – Grantee Submission, 2017
Researchers have identified sources of individual differences in writing across beginning and developing writers. The aim of the present study was to further clarify the sources of this variability by investigating the extent to which there are differences in genetic and environmental factors underlying the associations between lexical diversity,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Writing Skills, Syntax
Lazarus, Philip J. – Communique, 2009
On May 9, 2008, Kathleen Norona received notice that she would no longer be working as a school psychologist for Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) where she had been employed for the past 5 years. In total 41 out of 240 school psychologists were given official notice that they would be placed on surplus. That is, they would no longer be…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, School Psychologists, School Psychology, Boards of Education
Friede, Curtis R.; Irani, Tracy A.; Rhoades, Emily B.; Fuhrman, Nicholas E.; Gallo, Maria – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2008
This study was conducted to examine the statistical relationship between problem solving and critical thinking to guide future teaching and research for agricultural educators using the problem-solving approach. Students enrolled in an undergraduate genetics course in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida were…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Problem Solving, Genetics, Biotechnology