<p>Why are some gifted children willing to tackle new challenges whereas others seen insecure or uninterested? Why do some gifted students achieve while others become caught in a cycle of underachievement? Are there strategies teachers and parents can implement that promote an achievement-oriented a
Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students: Promising Practices and Programs (Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series)
โ Scribed by Donna Y. Ford
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This text offers a discussion of the effort to end underachievement among gifted Black students and to increase the multicultural and multiracial representation of youth in gifted education.
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This book provides an opportunity for researchers, professionals, and practitioners working directly with gifted individuals to engage with and examine the concept of underachievement of highly capable and talented individuals from different perspectives.
This book provides an opportunity for researchers, professionals, and practitioners working directly with gifted individuals to engage with and examine the concept of underachievement of highly capable and talented individuals from different perspectives.
<p><b>“An important and powerful book” that radically reframes the debates swirling around the academic achievement of African-American students (<i>Boston Review</i>)</b><br>In three separate but allied essays, African-American scholars Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hi