Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Gifted children--Education; Underachievers--Education;
Abstract
The academic underachievement of gifted students has perplexed educators, parents, and researchers for over half a century. With such a controversial background, gifted underachievers have become a topic of increased interest in the last few decades. A large body of quantitative research has attempted to fill this void. Numerous personality and environmental factors such as lack of effort, learning styles, family dynamics, and peer relationships have been linked to underachievement.
A plethora of inadequate and unsuccessful interventions have been implemented, researched, and scrutinized. With such an increased awareness, why do potentially gifted students continue to fail and what can we do about this underachievement? This paper attempts to review the last few decades of research on gifted underachievement and to identify effective intervention strategies that will provide useful implications for the future.
Year of Submission
2002
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Donald W. Schmits
Date Original
2002
Object Description
1 PDF file (vii, 88 pages)
Copyright
©2002 Angela R. Fry
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Fry, Angela R., "Gifted underachievers : a review of the past and present with implications for the future" (2002). Graduate Research Papers. 706.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/706
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