Able, gifted and talented underachievers
By: edited by Diane Montgomery.
Contributors: Montgomery, Diane.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780470740972; 9780470779408
Subjects: Underachievers -- Great Britain; School failure -- Great Britain; Gifted children -- Education -- Great Britain
Other titles: Able underachievers.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Able underachievers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why do the gifted and talented underachieve? : How can masked and hidden talents be revealed? / Diane Montgomery; title: Literacy, flexible thinking and underachievement / Joan Freeman; title: 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 / Belle Wallace; title: How can inclusive and inclusional understandings of gifts/talents be developed educationally? / Jack Whitehead and Marie Huxtable; title: Effective teaching and learning to combat underachievement / Diane Montgomery; title: Changing the teaching for the underachieving able child : the Ruyton School experience / Lee Wills and John Munro; title: Understanding and overcoming underachievement in women and girls : a reprise / Carrie Winstanley; title: Understanding and overcoming boys' underachievement / Barry Hymer; title: Improving the quality of identification, provision and support for gifted and talented learners from under-represented communities through partnership working / Ian Warwick; title: Gifted and talented children with special educational needs : underachievement in dual and multiple exceptionality / Diane Montgomery; title: Using assistive technologies to address the written expression needs of the twice-exceptional student / William F. Morrison, Tara Jeffs, and Mary G. Rizza; title: Case studies of three schools tackling underachievement / Diane Montgomery.