Stephen A. Petrill|Lee A. Thompson|Kirby Deater?Deckard|Laura S. DeThorne|Christopher Schatschneider
Genetic and environmental effects of serial naming and phonological awareness on early reading outcomes.
Pennsylvania State University
current study involved 281 earlyschoolage twin pairs 118 monozygotic 163 samesex dizygotic participating ongoing western reserve reading project petrill k deaterdeckard l thompson c schatschneider 2006 twins tested homes separate examiners battery readingrelated skills including phonological awareness rapid automatized naming word knowledge phonological decoding results suggested core genetic factor accounted significant portion covariance phonological awareness rapid naming reading outcomes however shared environmental influences related phonological awareness also associated reading skills