Extended schooling and community education: mapping the policy terrain by Catherine A. Simon

“…Part two focuses on alternative models of community schooling used in England and Scotland, suggesting alternative solutions to issues of social disadvantage and educational underachievement. Part three examines the European tradition of social pedagogy exploring the potential contributions it brings to educational and welfare practice in England given the new Government's approach to localism and the 'Big Society'.…”
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Adult ADHD in the Republic of Ireland: the evolving response by Shaeraine Raaj, Margo Wrigley, Richard Farrelly

“…Untreated ADHD in adults is associated with personal relationship difficulties, educational and occupational underachievement, comorbid mental health problems, substance misuse, and increased rates of road traffic accidents and criminality. …”
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Emotional and behavioral problems associated with sleep disorders in children by I. A. Kelmanson

“…Whether the clinical symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, aggression, and academic underachievement are related to sleep disorders, including those in the presence of sleep disordered breathing, restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder, is discussed. …”
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Effects of the home learning environment and preschool center experience upon literacy and numeracy development in early primary school by Melhuish, E, Phan, M, Sylva, K, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, I, Taggart, B

“…Individuals with unexpected performance pathways (by forming demographically adjusted groups: overachieving, average, and underachieving) were identified in order to explore the effects of the home learning environment and preschool variables on child development. …”

THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL DECISIONS / by O'Brien, Michael J., author 338247, Bentley, R. Alexander, 1970-, author 633353, Brock, William A., author 633354, Maeda, John, writer of foreword 242864

“…The authors look at the New England Patriots' decision in 2000 to draft an underachieving college quarterback named Tom Brady; they consider Warren Buffett's investment strategy; and they chart the "dancing landscape" of a college applicant's decision-making environment. …”

The Transformative Power of Education as a Means of Enabling Former Offenders to Live Meaningful and Productive Lives by O’Connor Colin

“…Statistically, offenders repeatedly underachieve in primary and secondary education; offenders who partake in some form of adult and post-release learning continue this pattern, and face other non-learning barriers that impact on participation and accreditation outcomes (Prison Education Trust, 2018). …”
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“If I were young…”: Increased Dropout Risk of Older University Students by Joana R. Casanova, Cristiano Gomes, Leandro S. Almeida, Ellián Tuero, Ana B. Bernardo

“…Higher education can pose difficulties for students, increasing their vulnerability and risk of underachievement or dropout. This study involved 2843 first-year students of a Portuguese public university. …”
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The Influence of Stereotype Threat on Immigrants: Review and Meta-Analysis by Markus eAppel, Silvana eWeber, Nicole eKronberger

“…In many regions around the world students with certain immigrant backgrounds underachieve in educational settings. This paper provides a review and meta-analysis on one potential source of the immigrant achievement gap: stereotype threat, a situational predicament that may prevent students to perform up to their full abilities. …”
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Informing Inclusive Practice in Post-Secondary Environments: Perspectives of Post-Secondary Instructors with Learning Disabilities by Amy Domenique Gadsden, Lauren Denise Goegan

“…By approaching teaching and assessment in this way, instructors may engage learners authentically, thus reducing the potential for disengagement and subsequent underachievement. This may also facilitate an equitable environment where students can participate in meaningful ways. …”
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The Grass Ceiling: Hidden Educational Barriers in Rural England by Luke Graham

“…This article demonstrates how rural underachievement in England has been hidden by the relative sizes and SED distribution of rural and urban populations.…”
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On the interaction of speakers’ voice quality, ambient noise and task complexity with children's listening comprehension and cognition. by Viveka eLyberg-Åhlander, K. Jonas eBrännström, Birgitta Sigrid Sahlen

“…Results from our studies clearly indicate that children risk underachieving both in formal assessments and in noisy class-rooms when an examiner or teacher speaks with a hoarse (dysphonic) voice. …”
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Beyond Legitimation: A Tribal Response to Māori Education in Aotearoa New Zealand by Huia Tomlins Jahnke

“…The strategy is a tribal response to the overwhelming evidence of Māori underachievement in education in the tribal catchment. …”
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The Birth to School Study: evidence on the effectiveness of PEEP, an early intervention for children at risk of educational under-achievement by Evangelou, M, Brooks, G, Smith, S

“…This article presents the findings of the Birth to School Study (BTSS) a longitudinal evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP); a family-focused intervention aimed at promoting early literacy, numeracy and self-esteem in a community at risk of educational underachievement. The main aim of the study was to investigate the effects of PEEP on the children and families from the community it served. …”

Copii lăsaţi acasă de emigranţi. Studiu în judeţul Bihor by Floare Chipea, Sergiu Bălţătescu

“…Among children of the migrants, those in this situation have the highest risk for school underachievement, low psychological well-being and deviant behavior. …”
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Deletion of chromosomal regions 13q21 detected by genetic tests in a boy with special learning disorder: A case report by Tayfun Kara, Semra Yilmaz

“…Specific learning disorder (SLD) is defined as significant and persistent learning difficulties leading to unexpected academic underachievement in terms of the subjects age and cognitive ability, and the level of education provided. …”
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Evaluation on the performance of highway companies using goal programming model by Lam Weng Siew, Lee Pei Fun, Lam Weng Hoe

“…LITRAK, TALIWRK, and EDGENTA have underachievement for the goal of liability management. …”
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Perspectives on grid computing by Hluchy, Ladislav, Schwiegelshohn, Uwe, Badia, Rosa M., Bubak, Marian, Danelutto, Marco, Dustdar, Schahram, Gagliardi, Fabrizio, Geiger, Alfred, Kranzlmüller, Dieter, Laure, Erwin, Priol, Thierry, Reinefeld, Alexander, Resch, Michael, Reuter, Andreas, Rienhoff, Otto, Rüter, Thomas, Sloot, Peter M. A., Talia, Domenico, Ullmann, Klaus, Yahyapour, Ramin, Von Voigt, Gabriele

“…In particular, the number of users lags behind the initial forecasts laid out by proponents of grid technologies. This underachievement may have led to claims that the grid concept as a whole is on its way to being replaced by Cloud computing and various X-as-a-Service approaches. …”
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Setting Them Up To Fail by David Allan

“…The students in this study are seen to be vocationally over-skilled yet underachieving in academic areas. As such, progression routes are severely limited, resulting in a high number of individuals dropping out of learning altogether. …”
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Freedom dreaming with Black Canadian mothers by Stephanie Fearon

“…Such literature reveals Black students as disproportionately impacted by academic underachievement, discipline policies, and special education placement. …”
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Setting Them Up To Fail by David Allan

“…The students in this study are seen to be vocationally over-skilled yet underachieving in academic areas. As such, progression routes are severely limited, resulting in a high number of individuals dropping out of learning altogether. …”
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