Biographies.

I THE NATURE AND IDENTIFICATION OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN RAISING ACHIEVEMENT.

1 Why Do the Gifted and Talented Underachieve? How Can Masked and Hidden Talents Be Revealed (Diane Montgomery)?

2 Literacy, Flexible Thinking and Underachievement (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 (Belle Wallace).

4 How Can Inclusive and Inclusional Understandings of Gifts/Talents Be Developed Educationally (Jack Whitehead and Marie Huxtable)?

5 Effective Teaching and Learning to Combat Underachievement (Diane Montgomery).

6 Changing the Teaching for the Underachieving Able Child: The Ruyton School Experience (Lee Wills and John Munro).

II IDENTIFICATION AND MAKING PROVISION FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF UNDERACHIEVERS.

7 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Women and Girls - A Reprise (Carrie Winstanley).

8 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Boys (Barry Hymer).

9 Improving the Quality of Identification, Provision and Support for Gifted and Talented Learners from Under-Represented Communities through Partnership Working (Ian Warwick).

10 Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs-Underachievement in Dual and Multiple Exceptionality (Diane Montgomery).

11 Using Assistive Technology to Address the Written Expression Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student (William F. Morrison, Tara Jeffs, and Mary G. Rizza).

12 Case Studies of Three Schools Tackling Underachievement (Diane Montgomery).

Index.