Underachievement (Latest Articles)

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Overprotection and lowered expectations of persons with disabilities: the unforeseen consequences.

30 Dec 2005 Lowered expectations and overprotection of the individual with a disability can cause lowered self esteem which can result in a life time of underachievement and failure to reach their full potential. Both lowered expectations and overprotection are ...
rec_pub_16971765-overprotection-lowered-expectations-persons-disabilities-unforeseen.htm

Potential confounders that may explain the association between television viewing and poor educational achievement.

30 Dec 2005
rec_pub_16389223-potential-confounders-explain-association-television-viewing-poor.htm

Undiagnosed silent coeliac disease: a risk for underachievement?

29 Nov 2005 OBJECTIVE: Silent coeliac disease is reported in 1% of Caucasian populations, but there is a lack of knowledge of its natural course and the risk of complications. The need for population screening is debated. We sought for complications of ...
rec_pub_16293555-undiagnosed-silent-coeliac-disease-risk-underachievement.htm

Validity of alternative approaches for the identification of learning disabilities: operationalizing unexpected underachievement.

30 Oct 2005 This article reviews the validity of models based on (a) aptitude-achievement discrepancies, (b) low achievement, (c) intraindividual differences, and (d) response to instruction for the classification and identification of learning disabilities ...
rec_pub_16392697-validity-alternative-approaches-identification-learning-disabilities.htm

Poor premorbid school performance is associated with later cigarette smoking among schizophrenia patients.

10 Oct 2005 Schizophrenia patients who smoke have been postulated to have genetically mediated dysfunctional nicotinic neurotransmission. We hypothesized that this nicotinic dysfunction would manifest as poorer school performance in adolescence, before the ...
rec_pub_16225931-poor-premorbid-school-performance-associated-later-cigarette-smoking.htm

Evaluating current deficit theories of poor reading: role of phonological processing, naming speed, balance automaticity, rapid verbal perception and working memory.

29 Sep 2005 To clarify the nature of cognitive deficits experienced by poor readers, 9-10-yr.-old poor readers were matched against 9 chronological age and 9 younger reading age-matched controls screened and selected from regular classrooms. Poor readers ...
rec_pub_16383062-evaluating-current-deficit-theories-poor-reading-role-phonological.htm

Prevalence and correlates of misconduct among ethnically diverse adolescents of Native Hawaiian/ part-Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian ancestry.

30 Aug 2005 BACKGROUND: Research on the prevalence and correlates of adolescent misconduct, arrests, and juvenile delinquency has been greatly neglected for the ethnically diverse adolescent groups in Hawai'i (i.e. Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders). AIMS: The ...
rec_pub_16252792-prevalence-correlates-misconduct-ethnically-diverse-adolescents.htm

Does priming for mastery goals improve the performance of students with an entity view of ability?

30 Aug 2005 BACKGROUND: There is evidence that an entity view of ability (where ability is viewed as a fixed entity that cannot be changed) is linked with social comparison goals and poor performance. On the other hand, an incremental view of ability (where ...
rec_pub_16238873-does-priming-mastery-goals-improve-performance-students-entity-view.htm

Failing finals is often a surprise for the student but not the teacher: identifying difficulties and supporting students with academic difficulties.

30 Aug 2005 Weak students often continue with little guidance and feedback, and often have ongoing difficulties. Early support may stop students experiencing a cycle of failure. Key to supporting struggling students is to identify reasons for poor performance. ...
rec_pub_16199356-failing-finals-surprise-student-teacher-identifying-difficulties.htm

Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?

30 Aug 2005 This study examined ways in which children's risk of school failure may be moderated by support from teachers. Participants were 910 children in a national prospective study. Children were identified as at risk at ages 5-6 years on the basis of ...
rec_pub_16149994-can-instructional-emotional-support-grade-classroom-make-difference.htm

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