Underachiever_characteristics

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__**Underachievement**__ ---as defined by Davis, Rimm and Siegle, is a discrepancy between the child's school performance and some index of his or her actual ability, such as intelligence, achievement, or creativity test scores or observational data.

Here are some REASONS for underachievement according to Davis, Rimm, and Siegle:
 * low self-esteem
 * low self-efficacy
 * rebellion
 * perfectionism
 * inability to cope with competition
 * defensive avoidance of threatening academic tasks
 * deficiencies in skills, study habits, peer acceptance, school concentration and discipline

Below are some RESOURCES and ARTICLES available to identify and understand underachieving and gifted students.

Click here to see Whitmore's check list.
 * <span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Joanne Whitmore __(__//Giftedness, Conflict, and Underachievement//,1980) provides a checklist to identify gifted underachievers.


 * <span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Underachieving Stereotypes
 * <span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The Gifted Underachiever]


 * <span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|About Underachieving Teens]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Although underachievement is a complex and sensitive label, it can be reversed by parents and educators who need to consider the many strengths and talents possessed by the students who wear this label.

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<span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">References:

<span style="background: white; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Davis, G.A., Rimm, S. B., Siegle, D. (2011). //Education of the Gifted and Talented// (6th Edition).

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Whitmore, J. (1980). //Giftedness, Conflict and Underachievement.//