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Características pessoais, familiares e escolares: estudo comparativo entre superdotados e superdotados underachievers [PDF]

Avaliação Psicológica, 2014
Este estudo investigou diferenças entre 53 estudantes superdotados e 43 superdotados com baixa performance escolar (underachievers), de ambos os sexos, em relação à inteligência, criatividade, motivação para aprender, autoconceito, desempenho escolar e ...
Vanessa Terezinha Alves Tentes, Denise de Souza Fleith   +1 more
doaj  

Estimation of the Proportion of Underachieving students in Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain: an Application of the Rasch Model

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
There are very few studies in Spain that treat underachievement rigorously, and those that do are typically related to gifted students. The present study examined the proportion of underachieving students using the Rasch measurement model.
Alejandro eVeas, Raquel eGilar, Pablo eMiñano, Juan-Luis eCastejón   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Betalactam‐Predictor: A Clinical Decision Tool for Delabeling Low‐Risk Betalactam Allergy Patients. Initial Validation in Penicillin Allergy

Allergy, EarlyView.
BL‐Predictor has emerged as a new tool for delabeling penicillin allergy. External validation has shown a specificity of 93% for detecting low‐risk patients. This score could potentially reduce diagnostic costs and the negative consequences associated with incorrect antibiotic allergy labels.
Marina Labella, Rafael Nuñez, Inmaculada Doña, Julia Rodríguez de Guzmán, Esther Moreno, Lene Heise Garvey, Jose Julio Laguna, Annick Barbaud, Patrizia Bonnadona, Jonas Bredtoft Boel, Holger Mosbech, Giovanna Sfriso, Mariana Castells, Elizabeth Phillips, María José Torres   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of funding for disadvantaged students on academic underachievement

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
We estimate the effect of school funding for disadvantaged students on academic underachievement in primary education. For this purpose, we exploit a policy in Belgium that granted additional funding for schools with a share of disadvantaged students of ...
Oleg Badunenko, Deni Mazrekaj, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Kristof De Witte   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effective practices for reducing underachievement and early school leaving: insights from successful learning environments

Cogent Education
Over the past two decades, early school leaving (ESL) rates in the European Union have significantly decreased, from 17.6% in 2000 to 9.5% in 2023. ESL refers to individuals aged 18–24 who leave education without upper secondary qualifications.
Sarah Gardezi, Aideen Cassidy, Gerry McNamara, Joe O’Hara, Martin Brown   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quels enseignements peut-on tirer du PISA : l’exemple des écarts de performances entre les sexes

Recherches en Éducation, 2012
The paper explores how PISA data can be used to analyze cross-country variations in the gender gap in academic performance and the attitudes and behaviors of 15-year-old boys and girls.
Maciej Jakubowski, Francesca Borgonovi
doaj   +1 more source

Does the family situation impact academic achievement differently in students with versus without neurodevelopmental disorders?

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Youth with neurodevelopmental disorders are at risk for school failure, but little is known about the contextual factors influencing academic achievement. Aims Drawing on a bioecological system framework, we examined how ADHD and autism, parental educational attainment and aspects of the parent–child relationship influence ...
Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola, Henrik Larsson, Zheng Chang, Isabel Brikell, Sebastian Lundström   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taking boys seriously: a longitudinal study of adolescent male school-life experiences in Northern Ireland [PDF]

, 2012
This report presents the findings of a five year longitudinal study (2006-2011) carried out by The Centre for Young Men’s Studies at the University of Ulster and funded by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice.
Harland, Ken, McCready, Sam
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Poor Children in Our School? Child Poverty‐Related Beliefs and Practices Among Primary School‐Based Professionals in Finland

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite being viewed as highly equal welfare societies, child poverty remains an unsolved problem in the Nordic countries. This article investigates the various types of institutionalised, underlying beliefs about child poverty held by professionals working within the Finnish primary school system, and how these assumptions shape school ...
Christa Järvinen, Helena Blomberg, Christian Kroll   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning without understanding

Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022
Background: Academic achievement is  one of the major goals and objectives of education. However, student underachievement is on the increase in  Fine and Applied Arts.
Vershima Joseph Itiav, Peter Apkpen-Ade, Aondona Joshua Avav   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources