Look for a school class. All children learn very differently. It turns out that success in learning at school and even at the institute - nearly two-thirds depends on genes. So say scientists. But the genes can help in training?
Parents influence the success in the assimilation of knowledge is not only a method of "carrot and stick", and directly - the gene set, which they pass on to their children. How do scientists know about it and what research can help train?
How was the study
British scientists have selected 6000 pairs of twins and analyzed their ratings from primary school to the end. The results showed that the achievement of the twins in the training have been remarkably stable. Those who did well in elementary school, had good results in the exams to obtain a certificate of completion of secondary education. Here scientists and suspected that the culprit genes.
The fact that the identical twins have the same genetic make. While the twins, as well as brothers and sisters of all ages, divided by an average 50% of their genes. Researchers concluded that the stability of learning achievements by almost 70% is due to genetic factors and only 25% - the environment. For example, education in one family, and visiting a school. The remaining 5% - other factors, e.g., the influence of friends or teachers.
When the success of the twins getting better or worse, it is primarily dependent on external factors. For example, they went to different schools.
What will help research results
The results of this research are very important, both for parents and for teachers. They suggest that certain learning difficulties should be identified as early as possible. Most likely they will remain throughout the school years. In the future, such an assessment of genetic predisposition with the prediction of the impact of the environment, to example, living areas, especially education in the family and at school, help to identify "problem" students at an early age.
And to overcome potential difficulties in teaching to help the individual training programs. Already at birth, we could with the help of DNA tests to identify children who are in the future will have problems with reading, writing, arithmetic, and help them early on to overcome them.
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