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    Study finds that non-cognitive skills increasingly predict academic achievement over development, driven by shared genetic factors whose influence grows over school years. N = 10,000


    Study finds that non-cognitive skills increasingly predict academic achievement over development, driven by shared genetic factors whose influence grows over school years. N = 10,000

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01967-9?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_content=null&utm_campaign=CONR_JRNLS_AWA1_GL_PCOM_SMEDA_NATUREPORTFOLIO

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    1. walrus_operator on

      > Non-cognitive skills, such as motivation and self-regulation, are partly heritable and predict academic achievement beyond cognitive skills.

      I’m not that surprised. It’s basically the theme behind the whole “emotional intelligence” movement, of which understanding and regulating yourself is a core part.

    2. MemberOfInternet1 on

      Very interesting choices of attributes to measure.

      Love the Twin method. If you have data from enough twins, you are in your results able to say much more clearly what’s genetically related and what isn’t, which is critical for drawing conclusions from the data produced.