Breakfast, midday meals and academic achievement in rural primary schools in Uganda: implications for education and school health policy by Hedwig Acham, Joyce K. Kikafunda, Marian K. Malde, Wilna H. Oldewage-Theron, Abdul A. Egal

“…Underachievement in schools is a global problem and is especially prevalent in developing countries. …”
Get full text

The 21st century challenge: empowering boys and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds by Ching, Joyce Su Ping

“…Historical trends within the South East Asian region show that given equal access to formal schooling, boys and children of lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to have poorer academic outcomes as compared to their counterparts i.e. girls and those from higher-socioeconomic backgrounds.Focusing on Malaysia, a cross-sectional study was conducted drawing on quantitative analysis of the 1999 - 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).The findings of this study show that (1) the underachievement of boys could be explained by a lack of kinesthetic learning elements in classrooms and (2) the underachievement of lower-SES children is due to their lack of cultural capital.Tentative recommendations are put forward to empower these groups of learners.…”

A Study on Flipped Learning Concerning Learning Motivation and Learning Attitude in Language Learning by Chi-Pu Chou, Kuo-Wei Chen, Chia-Jen Hung

“…It is believed that flipped teaching could prompt underachieving learners’ active learning and thereby enhance learning effectiveness. …”
Get full text

Prospective associations between internalising symptoms in youth and educational achievement: A monozygotic twin differences study by Leigh, E, Rimfeld, K, Bowes, L, Clark, D, Eley, T, Krebs, G

“…</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:&nbsp;</strong>Negative affect in youth may be an important marker of later academic underachievement. Findings suggest that academic underachievement is not simply a consequence of the disruption caused by negative affect symptoms and therefore educational interventions may be required to optimise outcomes.…”

Assessing the effects of explicit teaching of text structure and planning and revising strategies on primary two students' narrative texts by Long, Miaw Ying.

“…This research focuses on the need to provide explicit instructional support in the form of systematic and directed scaffolding strategies to lower primary school students who are underachieving in their achievement bands in learning to write specifically narratives.…”
Get full text

EU's pandemic management : why more credit is due by Kliem, Frederick

“…The EU has turned from ostensible pandemic underachiever to COVID-19 management role model. Increasingly apt at containing COVID-19 at home, the EU is now providing substantial global assistance, too.…”
Get full text

PERBEDAAN KETERAMPILAN BELAJAR SISWA BERPRESTASI TINGGI DAN BERPRESTASI RENDAH SERTA IMPLIKASINYA DALAM BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING by Sisca Folastri

“…The findings of this research revealed that (1) are generally high-achieving students 'skills in both categories, (2) skills of underachieving students in both categories, (3) analysis of t test results revealed there were differences in high-achieving students' learning skills and learning skills of students underachieving high schools in the city of Padang. …”
Get full text

Parental Guidance in Motivating Children at Elementary School on 19 Ketapang by Novi Rosita Rahmawati

“…The subject of two underachieved parental roles has a low role in motivating student learning. …”
Get full text

Cultural Differences and the Construction of Meaning by Robert A. Peña

“…Practitioners' attitudes described how middle school personnel perceived Mexican American high and underachieving students generally, and practitioners' expectations described how personnel interacted and behaved toward Mexican American students. …”
Get full text

The adolescent in family therapy : harnessing the power of relationships / by 506025 Micucci, Joseph A.

Specific learning difficulties by Snowling, M

“…In spite of disquiet surrounding the construct of IQ, the term 'specific learning difficulties is commonly used in psychology practice to describe the educational problems of children who underachieve relative to their general cognitive ability. …”

Despre inovare. Working paper by Marina Mihăilă, Cristian Bănică

“…Although an important sector that generates products and services of high social and economic importance, construction sector is considered to be an underachiever in terms of innovation. This working paper briefly explores the state of innovation within construction sector, considering European tendencies, theoretical and practical developments and challenges raised by particular characteristic of construction products. …”
Get full text

Pedagogical communication: Achievement and frequency in general class teaching by Panić Danijela S., Lazić Dragana D., Mitrović Ljiljana Lj.

“…The results shows that the communication is the most incident and most achieved on relation teacher - pupil, as well as that achievement and underachievement of communications depends on the type of teaching subject. …”
Get full text

Educational differentials in the realisation of fertility intentions: Is sub-Saharan Africa different? by Melanie Dawn Channon, Sarah Harper

“…<h4>Results</h4>An average of 40% of women in SSA underachieve their stated fertility intentions compared to 26% in non-SSA countries. …”
Get full text

Educational differentials in the realisation of fertility intentions: Is sub-Saharan Africa different? by Channon, M, Harper, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong>An average of 40% of women in SSA underachieve their stated fertility intentions compared to 26% in non-SSA countries. …”

Maternal perinatal mental health and offspring academic achievement at age 16: the mediating role of childhood executive function by Pearson, R, Bornstein, M, Cordero, M, Scerif, G, Mahedy, L, Evans, J, Abioye, A, Stein, A

“…Further work is needed, but if these pathways are causal, improving EF could reduce underachievement in math.…”

The Effects of Invented Spelling Instruction on Literacy Achievement and Writing Motivation by Katie Schrodt, Erin FitzPatrick, Sungyoon Lee, Debra McKeown, Alexis McColloch, Kimberly Evert

“…It follows that early underachievement in writing is highly correlated with early underachievement in reading. …”
Get full text

Report an educational intense decline in medical student with excellent educational background by Abbas Aghaei Afshar, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-Mahani

“…Educational decline among university students during the first university terms is generally observed as a reason of the big change in lifestyle and not being accustomed to dormitory atmosphere or it can be as a result of being involved with emotional matters due to the special age at which they enter university This research concerns the situation of a medical student ((Mohammad)) who enters Kerman medical university with a perfect educational background and a top rank in entrance exam of university but he encounters a noticeable underachievement in educating as soon as he starts his courses at university Mohammad who is from a relatively supportive family and has a suitable financial situation in his family gets involved with an emotional case and its following problems and matters  facing a breakup at this stage he is suffered with depression and severe educational decline His family in order to help him acts mistakenly and it brings about bigger problems Therefore after finishing two university terms with conditional educational situation he exposes with the warning of being dropped out of university Noticing the importance of this stage of life among university students more than the consideration of university teachers needs the contribution of consulting center of university in an effective way so that they can identify students with emotional conflicts that leads them toward educational underachievement and  then offering them suitable and helpful consultation  aimed to help them pass this serious phase of life and moreover how to adopt themselves with new situations surely with having their family support as well…”
Get full text

Sistema internacional de hegemonia conservadora: o fracasso da Rio + 20 na governança dos limites planetários by Eduardo Viola, Matías Franchini

“…In this context, Brazil operates as an underachiever environmental power, combining a huge physical environmental capital with a poor social environmental capital.…”
Get full text

The holistic effect of police officers mentoring ‘high risk’ youth by Annita Clarke

“…It includes an account of personal motivation for the topic and the features of the investigation, specifically with regard to academically underachieving youth. Throughout the study, there was a heavy concentration on any ‘high risk’ circumstances present and their possible influence. …”
Get full text