Teacher effort is linked to difficult students' inherited traits

Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Challenging students take up more of their teachers' time—and the difference between a tougher student and an easier one appears to be genetic, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The study looked at young twins in the U.K. and asked their teachers how much of a handful they are.

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