Behavioural Genetics for Education
Educational environments interact with children's unique genetic profiles, leading to wide individual differences in learning ability, motivation, and achievement in different academic subjects – even when children study with the same teacher, attend the
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Behavioural Genetics for Education Edited by
Yulia Kovas Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Sergey Malykh Russian Academy of Education, Russia and
Darya Gaysina University of Sussex, UK
BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS FOR EDUCATION
Introduction, editorial matter and selection © Yulia Kovas, Sergey Malykh and Darya Gaysina 2016 Foreword © Robert Plomin 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-43731-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 New York, NY 10004–1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978–1–349–68354–3 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–43732–7 DOI: 10.1057/9781137437327 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kovas, Yulia, editor. | Malykh, S. B. (Sergey Borisovich), editor. | Gaysina, Darya, 1978– editor. Title: Behavioural genetics for education / edited by Yulia Kovas, Sergey Malykh, Darya Gaysina. Other titles: Behavioral genetics for education Description: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015040547 Subjects: LCSH: Behavioral assessment. | Educational psychology. | Behavior genetics. | Learning ability—Genetic aspects. | Cognition in children. | BISAC: EDUCATION / Educational Psychology. | EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General. | PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child. | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics. Classification: LCC LB1060.2 .B446 2016 | DDC 370.15—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015040547 A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library
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