Study: Better teachers help children read faster

04-22-2010

By Donna Gordon Blankinship/San Francisco Chronicle

Genetics play the biggest role in determining how fast a child learns to read, but a good teacher can make a measurable difference as well, according to a study released Thursday. Florida State University used twins assigned to different classrooms to develop the conclusions. Researchers studied more than 550 first- and second-grade classrooms with at least one identical twin and more than 1,000 classes with at least one fraternal twin. Among the identical twins, 42 pairs out of 280 pairs showed significant differences in reading improvement during the year studied, said lead researcher Jeanette Taylor, an associate professor of psychology at Florida State. (more...)

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