Short description: The unfulfilled potential of underachieving bright children is of great concern to parents and educators. This session reports in-depth information on efficacy and application aspects of underachievement interventions. Areas of interest include features of interventions effective on boosting underachievers’ academic performance, types of activities involved, their working mechanisms, dosage, duration, targeting outcomes, and optimal timing to intervene.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will:
Learn types and features of varied instructional and counseling interventions to combat the underachievement issue among gifted students
Learn about the effectiveness of instructional and counseling interventions on gifted underachievers' academic achievement
Learn application aspects of underachievement interventions such as the choice of activities, working mechanism, dosage, duration, and optimal timing to intervene