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Hanscombe, Ken B.; Haworth, Claire M. A.; Davis, Oliver S. P.; Jaffee, Sara R.; Plomin, Robert – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Chaos in the home is a key environment in cognitive and behavioural development. However, we show that children's experience of home chaos is partly genetically mediated. We assessed children's perceptions of household chaos at ages 9 and 12 in 2337 pairs of twins. Using child-specific reports allowed us to use structural equation modelling to…
Descriptors: Twins, Environmental Influences, Cognitive Development, Behavior Development
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Shopen, Glenda; Shopen, Tim – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1995
Examines the case of two five-year-old twin boys with delayed language development, yet judged to be articulate and successful students in kindergarten. Suggests that the delay appeared because most of their interaction had been with each other. However, through their family they became acquainted with the discourse activities that are valued at…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Delayed Speech, Family Environment