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Direct linkHarlaar, Nicole; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2006
In a companion paper, word recognition skills assessed by telephone using the Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) were found to correlate highly with National Curriculum (NC) teacher-assessed reading ability in 7-year-old twins. This study examined the genetic and environmental origins of this high correlation. TOWRE and NC scores were both…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Genetics, Word Recognition, Individual Differences
