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Gifted Underachievers : A Review Of The Past And Present With Implications For The Future, Angela R. Fry
Gifted Underachievers : A Review Of The Past And Present With Implications For The Future, Angela R. Fry
Graduate Research Papers
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 …
Meeting The Needs Of Gifted Primary Readers, Lori K. Deboer
Meeting The Needs Of Gifted Primary Readers, Lori K. Deboer
Graduate Research Papers
Today's classrooms consist of students with a diverse range of social, emotional, and academic abilities. There are young children who enter school already knowing how to read or who learn quickly after they begin their education. Current literature seems to indicate that primary reading curricula in schools are not meeting these students' needs. This project was developed as one method to meet the needs of gifted primary readers.
The project consists of 10 books that were selected to challenge and address the intellectual, social, and emotional needs of gifted primary readers. For each book a series of discussion questions and …