Underachievement in Gifted Education

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Foreword

Colin Seale

Introduction

Kristina Henry Collins, Javetta Jones Roberson, and Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro Piske

Section 1: Perspective

1. Underachieving Gifted Children and Adolescents: What Teachers, Parents, and Researchers Must Know

Denise L. Winsor and Christian E. Mueller

2. Underachievement of Gifted Learners in School

Keri M. Guilbault and Kimberly M. McCormick

3. Underachievement in the Online Environment: Using Research-based Interventions for Underachieving Gifted Students

Kenneth J. Wright and Sally M. Reis

4. The Phenomenon of Unsuccessful Gifted in Gifted Psychology Research

Ljiljana Krneta

Section 2: Practice

5. The Challenge and Promise of Creative Underachievers

Jennifer L. Groman

6. The Impactful Reality Of Underachievement Of Gifted Students: Scars For Their Entire Lives

Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro Piske and Kristina Henry Collins

7. Addressing Underachievement Connected to Home-School Cultural Discontinuity: Extending Practices of Parent Engagement that Fosters STEM Talent Development Among Gifted Black Students

Kristina Henry Collins and Cheryl Fields-Smith

8. Reversing Gifted Underachievement in Kazakhstan: Teachers' Perception, Experiences, and Practices

Zauresh Manabayeva and Daniel Hernandez-Torrano

9. Understanding and Utilizing Learner Profiles to Combat Apathy and Incurious Behaviors in The Classroom

Vanessa Velasquez and Kristina Henry Collins

Section 3: Possibilities

10. Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Equitable Leadership Practices to Help Alleviate Gifted Underachievement

Javetta Jones Roberson

11. Program Evaluation as a Capacity Building Tool in Gifted Education: A Call to Action to Maximize University-School Partnerships

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Andrea Dennison, and Kristina Henry Collins

12. Identifying and Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Gifted Underachievers

Rachel U. Mun, Grizelle Larriviel, Robin Johnson, and Andrea Stewart

13. Translating Athletic Talent for Gifted Identification and Academic Talent Development: Expanding Frasier's New Window for Looking at Gifted Children

Tony D. D. Collins II and Kristina Henry Collins

14. Transitioning from Highly Talent Student to Highly Capable Adult: The Intersection of Life-wide Learning

Joslyn Johnson