Table of Contents
Preface vii
Biographies xi
I The Nature and Identification of Underachievement and the General Principles and Practices in Raising Achievement
1 Why Do the Gifted and Talented Underachieve? How Can Masked and Hidden Talents Be Revealed? 3 Diane Montgomery
2 Literacy, Flexible Thinking and Underachievement 41 Joan Freeman
3 What Do We Mean by an ‘Enabling Curriculum’ That Raises Achievement for All Learners? An Examination of the TASC Problem-Solving Framework: Thinking Actively in a Social Context 59 Belle Wallace
4 How Can Inclusive and Inclusional Understandings of Gifts/Talents Be Developed Educationally? 85 Jack Whitehead and Marie Huxtable
5 Effective Teaching and Learning to Combat Underachievement 111 Diane Montgomery
6 Changing the Teaching for the Underachieving Able Child: The Ruyton School Experience 155 Lee Wills and John Munro
II Identifying and Making Provision for Different Groups of Underachievers
7 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Women and Girls – A Reprise 185 Carrie Winstanley
8 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Boys 201 Barry Hymer
9 Improving the Quality of Identification, Provision and Support for Gifted and Talented Learners from Under-Represented Communities through Partnership Working 219 Ian Warwick
10 Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs – Underachievement in Dual and Multiple Exceptionality 265 Diane Montgomery
11 Using Assistive Technologies to Address the Written Expression Needs of the Twice-exceptional Student 303 William F. Morrison, Tara Jeffs and Mary G. Rizza
12 Case Studies of Three Schools Tackling Underachievement 327 Diane Montgomery
Index 345