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SUMMARY:Quant Hub: What causes children’s differences in education? Insi
 ghts from genetically sensitive studies - Sophie von Stumm (University of 
 York\, UK)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251110T124500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251110T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Children’s differences in learning are evident even before t
 hey start formal education. Interventions that seek to improve children’
 s learning and thus\, chances for educational success\, often target child
 ren’s early life environments. Yet\, the extent to which these early lif
 e environments cause\, rather than merely co-occur with children’s diffe
 rences in learning and education is unknown. Here\, I will review genetica
 lly sensitive study designs that strengthen causal interpretations of asso
 ciations in observational data between – putatively – environmental ex
 posures and children’s developmental outcomes. Findings from these genet
 ically sensitive studies suggest that causal effects of early life environ
 ments on child development are mostly small or even very small. This has i
 mplications for the design and effectiveness of interventions that target 
 children’s early life experiences to improve their educational outcomes.
  \n\nSophie von Stumm is Professor of Psychology in Education at the Unive
 rsity of York\, where she directs the Hungry Mind Lab (www.hungrymindlab.c
 om). Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of children’s d
 ifferences in learning. She integrates theories and methods across the dis
 ciplines psychology\, education science and genomics to elucidate how fami
 ly background\, early life experiences\, and education opportunities infor
 m children’s development. Her research is funded by the British Academy\
 , Nuffield Foundation\, and the Jacobs Foundation.  \n\nTeams-link: https:
 //teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZDYwMTY0ZmQtNjkzYS00NjFlL
 WEzNzgtNWYzMTkzNzQ1YmM2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-9
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 715faff88%22%7d\n\nSpeakers:\nSophie von Stumm (University of York\, UK)
LOCATION:15 Norham Gardens (Seminar Room E (Department of Education) and M
 S Teams)\, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
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