Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Evahn, Cynthia.
2. Kratzer, Lynn.

Description

1. xxi, 164 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. For years, educators, counselors, and parents have debated whether underachievers can outgrow this behavior and perform up to their abilities as adults. What happens educationally, occupationally, and maritally to underachievers after they leave high school? In the largest sample of underachievers and the first long-term (13-year) study ever conducted, the authors explore whether underachievers "catch up" after high school to the level of their abilities, the traits of those who do, and the traits of those who don't. Through an analysis of the 13-year longitudinal study, they compare underachievers with students who receive the same grades and students who have tested at the same ability level but who have performed better in school. Covering such issues as personality variables, learning strategies, self-esteem, classroom structure, the educational system, and parental styles, the authors sift through the data to discover what factors are associated with underachievement and what techniques have worked to help these students improve their performance.

Series statement

1. Individual differences and development series ; vol. 1

Uniform title

1. Sage series on individual differences and development ; vol. 1.

Subject

1. Personality and academic achievement
2. Underachievement > United States > Psychological aspects
3. Underachievers > United States

Contents

1. 1. What Is Underachievement? -- 2. Who Is the Underachiever? -- 3. Prognosis and Treatment -- 4. Background of the Current Study -- 5. Are Underachievers Different in High School? -- 6. Are Underachievers Different 13 Years After High School? -- 7. Which Underachievers Catch Up to Their Abilities? -- 8. Conclusions and Implications.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-160) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain