Underachievement - Research News and Information

Monday, September 08, 2008

Academic underachievement among children with epilepsy: proportion exceeding psychometric criteria for learning disability and associated risk factors.

25 Apr 2008 This study assessed rates of learning disabilities (LD) by several psychometric definitions in children with epilepsy and identified risk factors. Participants (N = 173, ages 8-15 years) completed IQ screening, academic... Read more...

Comparative study between school performance on first grade children and suppression of otoacoustic transient emission.

9 Apr 2008 School learning can be hampered if there are defects on the central auditory process. Since those with auditory deficiency can be rehabilitated, it is fundamental that we identify them. Otoacoustic emissions test has... Read more...

Attributions for school success and failure by adolescent students with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Apr 2008 A study of possible differences in causal attributions between ADHD youth and non-ADHD controls is reported. 40 students (12 to 18 years of age), diagnosed with ADHD by a psychologist and a psychiatrist according to... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Underachievement'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Under-achievers: do you terminate them or turn them around? May 2008
• Academic underachievement among children with epilepsy: proportion exceeding psychometric criteria for learning disability and associated risk factors. 25 Apr 2008
• Comparative study between school performance on first grade children and suppression of otoacoustic transient emission. 9 Apr 2008
• Attributions for school success and failure by adolescent students with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Apr 2008
• Effects of kindergarten retention on children's social-emotional development: an application of propensity score method to multivariate, multilevel data. Mar 2008
• Otoneurologic evaluation in children with school difficulties: vestibular function investigation. 19 Feb 2008
• Academic performance of ethnic minorities in medical school. 2008
• Commentary: An "ethnic minority" medical student. 2008
• Ethnic stereotypes and the underachievement of UK medical students from ethnic minorities: qualitative study. 2008
• [School problems in gifted children and adolescents] 22 Nov 2007
• Factors influencing the academic performance of school children with epilepsy. Oct 2007
• Predictors and course of vocational status, income, and quality of life in people with severe mental illness: a naturalistic study. 29 Sep 2007
• Psychiatric features and parenting stress profiles of subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: results from a clinically referred Taiwanese sample. 29 Sep 2007
• Benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes: correlation between clinical, cognitive and EEG aspects. Sep 2007
• [Use of the SELBST therapy programme in the treatment of adolescents with achievement problems--concept and stability of changes during therapy] 29 Jun 2007
• The influence of achievement goals on the constructive activity of low achievers during collaborative problem solving. 5 Apr 2007
• The persistence of language disorders in a group of disadvantaged grade 3 learners. 2007
• Impact of neurocognitive function on academic difficulties in pediatric bipolar disorder: A clinical translation. 28 May 2006
• Institutional care: associations between inattention and early reading performance. 3 May 2006
• Refining the experimental analysis of academic skills deficits: Part I. An investigation of variables that affect generalized oral reading performance. 7 Feb 2006

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Technical information about 'Underachievement'

Definition: Performance, usually in school work, poorer than that predicted from aptitude and/or intelligence testing.

Descriptor UI: D014477

Alternative terms: Underachievement; Underachievements;

Tree Number: F02.784.629.880;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: no qualif