Sentences with phrase «problem of underachievement»

Launching her research from questions like these, Bempechat approaches the persistent problem of underachievement from the opposite perspective of most researchers.

«Schoolhouse Rock»: An Education Blog, September 2008 «A true solution to the problem of underachievement in inner - city public schools is going to require more nurturing families and safer neighborhoods as well as better teachers and more accountable schools.»

Extra education funding for servicemen's children; the report finds problems of underachievement related to constant changing of schools.

Not exact matches

New York Times Magazine editor Tough profiles an ambitious effort to simultaneously address the seemingly eternal societal problems of poverty, class stratification, educational underachievement and racial discrimination.

Making matters worse, due to some clever scheduling by my colleagues, I wound up with a majority of gifted students, who had histories of underachievement and behavior problems.

This brief highlights four components of culturally and linguistically - responsive prereferral interventions: 1) preventing school underachievement and failure among culturally and linguistically diverse learners, 2) early intervention for struggling learners, 3) diagnostic and prescriptive teaching, and 4) availability of general education problem - solving support systems.

Problems associated with underachievement definitions and the influence of social, cultural, and psychological factors on student achievement are discussed.

Early intervention can prevent problems from snowballing, and it represents a more promising option for addressing underachievement than either retention or social promotion, the practice of passing students from grade to grade regardless of whether they have mastered the standards.

With a national high school graduation rate of only 47 % coupled with staggering suspension rates and chronic underachievement, Principal Kafele contends that clearly, we as educators have failed to identify the true essence of the problem.

Cultural Diversity E604: Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students for Special Education Eligibility (2000) E584: Critical Behaviors and Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students (1999) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E500: Empowering Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Learning Problems (1991) E500s: Reforzando a los alumnos Diversos Culturalmente y Lingüí con Aprendizaje (1999) E596: Five Strategies to Reduce Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education (2000) E520: Identifying and Serving Recent Immigrant Children Who Are Gifted (1993) E601: Infusing Multicultural Content into the Curriculum for Gifted Students (2000) E589: The Implications of Culture on Developmental Delay (1999) E566: Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of Minority Students in Special Education (1998) E544: Underachievement Among Gifted Minority Students: Problems and Promises (1997) E614: Cultural Reciprocity Aids Collaboration with Families (2001)

One of the biggest problems facing educators is that of student underachievement.

In regard to child welfare system involvement, Barth and colleagues (2001) have suggested that the overrepresentation of African - American children may be due to their increased need for child welfare services due to the many poverty - related risk factors that they experience, such as substance abuse, mental health problems, and academic underachievement.

Symptoms are often evident as early as 1 to 3 years of age1, 2 and typically continue into later childhood and adolescence,3 - 5 resulting in academic underachievement, reduced social competence, and mental health disorders.6 - 8Quiz Ref IDHowever, fewer than 25 % of young children identified with behavioral problems receive treatment.9, 10 Because of the frequency and nature of their contact with families of young children, primary care physicians are in a unique position to affect the course of early - onset disruptive behavior.11

«A Transcontextual model for intervention with problems of school underachievement.»

«Targeted supports at key points in childhood and adolescence help prevent the onset of those behavioural problems that lead to underachievement and marginalisation.

This study found the most significant problem identified by siblings was the disruption caused by the behaviour of the child with the condition.Examples of this disruptive behaviour included physical and verbal aggression, out - of - control hyperactivity, emotional and social immaturity, academic underachievement and learning problems, family conflicts, poor peer relationships, and difficult relationships with extended family.