Gifted, talented, and able underachievers
By: edited by Diane Montgomery.
Contributors: Montgomery, Diane.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
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: Developmental issues in literacy and flexible thinking / 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: Improving 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: Overcoming boys' underachievement / Barry Hymer; title: Overcoming girls' underachievement / Carrie Winstanley; title: Improving the quality of identification, provision, and support for gifted and talented learners from under-represented communities through partnership working / Ian Warwick; title: Masked underachievement, dual and multiple exceptionalities / Diane Montgomery; title: Using assistive technology to address the written expression needs of the twice exceptional student / William Morrison, Tara Jeffs, and Mary Rizza; title: Case studies in lifting underachievement / Diane Montgomery.