SPIRAL OF DISAPPOINTMENT: DECLINE IN ACHIEVEMENT AMONG GIFTED ADOLESCENTS |
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| Authors: | Wilhelm Wieczerkowski Tania M Prado |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology II , University of Hamburg , Von‐Melle‐Park 5 , 20146 Hamburg , Germany |
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| Abstract: | The view that the pattern of development and the scholastic performance of potentially highly gifted children are as prone to disturbances as those of less gifted youngsters is now widely accepted. The emergence of giftedness and the unfolding of talent has been shown to be a developmental process, in which a variety of cognitive, noncognitive, and ecopsychological preconditions are involved. Whether the observed developmental patterns of a young person are harmonious or disruptive depends on what has been described in the literature as a favourable (vs. unfavourable) constellation of facilitating factors. With the help of a dynamic model, case studies of failure and refusal to perform in school among young underachievers are analyzed and related to previous school experiences. |
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