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Underachievement (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Underachievement'
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Is the discrepancy criterion for defining developmental disorders valid?
29 Jun 2004 
BACKGROUND: Most developmental disorders are defined by an achievement discrepancy in which achievement on one or more specific abilities is substantially less than a person's measured intelligence. We evaluated the validity of this discrepancy ...
rec_pub_15225340-is-discrepancy-criterion-defining-developmental-disorders-valid.htm
Re-examining the effects of noncontingent success on self-handicapping behaviour.
30 May 2004 BACKGROUND: Self-handicapping refers to the practice on the part of certain individuals to handicap their performance when poor performance is likely to reveal low ability. Noncontingent success (feedback that is inflated relative to performance) is ...
rec_pub_15130190-re-examining-effects-noncontingent-success-self-handicapping-behaviour.htm
[Behavioral characteristics of the only child vs first-born and children with siblings]
28 Mar 2004 
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of being an only child on characteristics of parental and peer relationships, school achievement, social and sexual behavior. METHODS: In the total, 360 adolescents identified at third year of high school were sampled ...
rec_pub_15057835-behavioral-characteristics-child-vs-born-children-siblings.htm
28 Feb 2004 This study explores the use of the Progressive Figures Test as an instrument for broad initial screening of children in the 6- through 8-year age range with respect to the possible need for more definitive neuropsychological evaluation. Considering ...
rec_pub_15010093-use-progressive-figures-test-evaluating-brain-damaged-children.htm
28 Feb 2004 This study was designed to explore the possibility of using a brief neuropsychological test for broad-band initial screening of children with academic problems who might have neuropsychological deficits that should be more completely evaluated. Part ...
rec_pub_15010091-the-trail-making-test-initial-screening-procedure-neuropsychological.htm
ADHD: the diagnostic process from different perspectives.
30 Jan 2004 
rec_pub_14767359-adhd-diagnostic-process-different-perspectives.htm
When parents and teachers disagree about a child's behavior: an opportunity for further evaluations.
30 Jan 2004
rec_pub_14767357-when-parents-teachers-disagree-child-s-behavior-opportunity.htm
Academic underachievement by people with Prader-Willi syndrome.
30 Jan 2004 BACKGROUND: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetically determined neurodevelopmental disorder that is associated with the under-expression of maternally imprinted genes at the 15q11-q13 chromosomal locus. In addition to a characteristic physical ...
rec_pub_14723660-academic-underachievement-people-prader-willi-syndrome.htm
The development of argument skills.
30 Aug 2003 This work sought to obtain experimental evidence to corroborate cross-sectional patterns of development in argument skills and to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to foster development of these skills in academically at-risk ...
rec_pub_14552396-the-development-argument-skills.htm
Cognitive outcomes in school-age children born prematurely.
29 Apr 2003 The purpose of this article is to discuss findings in the literature regarding long-term developmental outcomes of infants born prematurely, to examine potential causes of individual differences in these outcomes, and to explore directions for ...
rec_pub_12795506-cognitive-outcomes-school-age-children-born-prematurely.htm
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