Quels enseignements peut-on tirer du PISA : l’exemple des écarts de performances entre les sexes by Maciej Jakubowski, Francesca Borgonovi

“…Concern about gender differences in education in much of the twentieth century focused on the disadvantage and underachievement of girls. More recently, however, the underachievement of boys in reading and the underachievement of girls in mathematics have become the focus of policy attention. …”
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Raising the Achievement of Caribbean Pupils in British Schools: unacknowledged problems and challenges for policy makers by Feyisa Demie

“…Despite much academic debate and policy makers' concern about underachievement in schools, the needs of Black Caribbean pupils have not been addressed in the education system and have been largely neglected. …”
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Influence Of The Teachers’ Teaching Styles On The Academic Achievement And Motivation Amongunderachiving’ Gifted Students In Saudiarabia by Mohammed Ali H, Alqarni

“…However, recent researches had revealed the existence of the underachievement phenomena among gifted students in the country. …”
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Improving the Effectiveness of Educational Quality Management Mechanisms as the Main Condition for Improving School Educational Outcomes by I.S. Denisenko

“…The results show a straight correlation between the principal's attitudes and the results, a straight connection with different weights of different practices from the study set, and no correlation for the proportion of underachieving students. The conclusion is drawn about the influence of a low level of manager competencies on the director’s attitudes, the feasibility of helping schools in identifying and preventing risk factors, the universality of benefits from the introduction of data-driven management mechanisms data in any school, regardless of the depth of underachievement.…”
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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.…”

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.…”
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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.…”
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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. …”
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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. …”

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. …”
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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 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. …”
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Bright not broken : gifted kids, ADHD, and autism / by 520022 Kennedy, Diane M., Banks, Rebecca S., Grandin, Temple

“…Despite their giftedness, 2e children often underachieve, drop out, and have poor life outcomes. …”

Reading difficulty in children: auditory and visual modalities’ affection by Amani A. Shalaby, Lobna H. Khalil, Rasha H. Elkabariti, Salma H. Mahmoud, Maha M. Nada, Ahmed N. Khattab

“…They had scholastic underachievement due reading difficulties. All children were subjected to a standardized Arabic central auditory test battery for children. …”
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Positions of Newly Arrived Students in Nordic Education Policies and Practices by Jenni Helakorpi, Marianne Dovemark, Annette Rasmussen, Gunilla Holm

“…We conclude that newly arrived students are subject to underachievement, bullying, discrimination, and at risk of not continuing their education. …”
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Working-class males and engagement with high school education by Matthew Wilson

“…This study explores working-class males' engagement with high school education as statistically this group are underachieving and the chosen city in the North-West of England has been highlighted as an area of particular concern. …”
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Gifted student in the reality of the polish school by Agnieszka Bochniarz, Anna Grabowiec

“…The initial part introduces the term and characteristics of a gifted student and draws the attention to the underachievement syndrome in gifted students and asynchronous development. …”
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