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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Underachievers"”.
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Motivating male primary underachievers through a technoliteracy curriculum
Boys of primary school age growing up on family farms frequently make a significant contribution to the labour force of the farm. Observation suggests, however, that boys from such families who have knowledge, skills and talent beyond their years in relation to farm life, often have poor academic …
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Personality differences between talented high school achievers and underachievers
<p>Today, more than ever before, there is present an increasing emphasis on the part of educators to help the academically talented student develop his scholastic ability to its maximum level. Past experience has shown that there is a large number of talented students who are not achieving …
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Integration of computers and language arts to benefit underachievers
… educational technology in an effort to motivate underachievers.
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Integration of computers and language arts to benefit underachievers
… educational technology in an effort to motivate underachievers.
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Personality differences of sophomore junior college talented achievers and underachievers
… make distinctions between talented achievers and underachievers? Would an identification of those personality characteristics be a necessary value to the institution of remedial procedures that might assist them in the realization of their maximal potential? What are the means by which a talented …
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Use of Self-Actualization Scales as a Predictor of Academic Success with Underachievers
The problem. Drake University placement officers do not know with any degree of certainty whether or not students selected for the Transitional Services Program can earn a first-semester 2.0 grade point average (CPA), which is a requirement for their admission to the University. The currently used …
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Group Counseling and Study Skill Methods of Assisting Fifth and Sixth Grade Underachievers
… efficacy of different methods of trying to aid underachievers. Specifically they are: 1. There is no difference in academic achievement as reflected in grade-point-average between students who received group counseling, special study instruction and no special treatment. 2. There is no …
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Assessment of a mentor program on self-concept and achievement variables of middle school underachievers
… and achievement variables of intermediate school underachievers. A Mentor Program model was implemented with an experimental group of 55 underachieving students in a Fairfax County, Virginia, intermediate school. A 42 student control group of underachievers in another Fairfax County intermediate …
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Group Counseling The Underachieving New College Student
… examination of the progress and process of underachievers in a group setting will be attempted. The major difference will be this experiment will be geared to help underachievers before they become probationaries.
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A study of personality characteristics which distinguish between achievers and underachievers in a talented group of eighth grade pupils
In the present study an attempt is made to discover some of the personality differences which contribute to the underachievement of certain talented pupils. Perhaps, by investigating the presence of such characteristics, it will be possible to develop curricula to assist these talented pupils in …
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Locus of control and self-concept in achieving and underachieving gifted students
… during the same time period were placed in the underachievers group.Subjects were removed from their classrooms and administered the Nowicki- Strickland Locus of Control for Children and the Piers-Harris SelfConcept Scale in small groups.Multivariate analyses of variance were used to determine …
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Depression in underachieving gifted high school students and effects of a brief intervention strategy
Although gifted underachievers have been the subject of many studies, the possible connection between depression and underachievement had not been previously investigated. Effective counseling programs for high school student.s were lacking. A technique from family counseling literature, reframing, …
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An Experimental Project to Determine the Effect of Multiple Counseling on Academic Performance, Behavior, and Attendance of Eighth Grade Students Who are Underachievers, Chronic Absentees, and Behavior Problems
… of eighth grade students who are identified as underachievers, minor behavior problems, and chronic absentees.
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Didelių pasiekimų, gabių ir savo gebėjimų nerealizuojančių 5-8 klasių mokinių pasiekimų ypatumai /
… one in three gifted students in grades 5-8 were underachievers. Girls more often exhibit high academic achievements regardless of intelligence, while boys more likely to underachieve. All groups had fewer difficulties, but gifted underachievers had more emotional and behavioral difficulties than …
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