This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by McCoach, D. B. Articles by Siegle, D. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Factors That Differentiate Underachieving Gifted Students From High-Achieving Gifted Students

University of Connecticut

Del Siegle

University of Connecticut

The purpose of this study was to examine whether gifted achievers and gifted underachievers differ in their general academic self-perceptions, attitudes toward school, attitudes toward teachers, motivation and self-regulation, and goal valuation. The sample consisted of 56 gifted underachievers and 122 gifted achievers from 28 high schools nationwide. Gifted achievers and gifted underachievers differed in their attitudes toward school, attitudes toward teachers, motivation/self-regulation, and goal valuation, but not their academic self-perceptions. In addition, the logistic regression analysis correctly classified over 81% of the sample as either gifted achievers or gifted underachievers using their motivation/self-regulation and goal valuation self-ratings. This study represents an important step toward quantifying factors related to the underachieviement of gifted adolescents.

Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 2, 144-154 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/001698620304700205


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. M. Suldo, E. J. Shaffer, and E. Shaunessy An Independent Investigation of the Validity of the School Attitude Assessment Survey--Revised Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, March 1, 2008; 26(1): 69 - 82. [Abstract] [PDF]

				G. T. Henry, A. J. Mashburn, and T. Konold Developing and Evaluating a Measure of Young Children's Attitudes Toward School and Learning Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, September 1, 2007; 25(3): 271 - 284. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. S. Matthews and M. T. McBee School Factors and the Underachievement of Gifted Students in a Talent Search Summer Program Gifted Child Quarterly, April 1, 2007; 51(2): 167 - 181. [Abstract] [PDF]

				A. W. Gottfried, C. R. Cook, A. E. Gottfried, and P. E. Morris Educational Characteristics of Adolescents With Gifted Academic Intrinsic Motivation: A Longitudinal Investigation From School Entry Through Early Adulthood Gifted Child Quarterly, April 1, 2005; 49(2): 172 - 186. [Abstract] [PDF]