Able, Gifted and Talented Underachievers

Preface vii Biographies xi I THE NATURE AND IDENTIFICATION OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT AND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN RAISING ACHIEVEMENT 1 Why Do the Gifted and Talented Underachieve? How Can Masked and Hidden Talents Be Revealed? 3 Diane Montgomery 2 Literacy, Flexible Thinking and Underachievement 41 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 59 Belle Wallace 4 How Can Inclusive and Inclusional Understandings of Gifts/Talents Be Developed Educationally? 85 Jack Whitehead and Marie Huxtable 5 Effective Teaching and Learning to Combat Underachievement 111 Diane Montgomery 6 Changing the Teaching for the Underachieving Able Child: The Ruyton School Experience 155 Lee Wills and John Munro II IDENTIFYING AND MAKING PROVISION FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF UNDERACHIEVERS 7 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Women and Girls – A Reprise 185 Carrie Winstanley 8 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Boys 201 Barry Hymer 9 Improving the Quality of Identification, Provision and Support for Gifted and Talented Learners from Under-Represented Communities through PartnershipWorking 219 Ian Warwick 10 Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs – Underachievement in Dual and Multiple Exceptionality 265 Diane Montgomery 11 Using Assistive Technologies to Address theWritten Expression Needs of the Twice-exceptional Student 303 William F. Morrison, Tara Jeffs and Mary G. Rizza 12 Case Studies of Three Schools TacklingUnderachievement 327 Diane Montgomery Index 345