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Baslanti, Ugur – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2008
This study extends the work of Baslanti and McCoach (2006), which aimed to identify the characteristics of gifted underachievers at the university level and the reasons for their underachievement using the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R). In this study, underachievement refers to a discrepancy between outstanding achievement…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, College Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures
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Baslanti, Ugur; McCoach, D. Betsy – Roeper Review, 2006
The study aims to elucidate the characteristics of gifted underachievers at the university level and the reasons for their underachievement. The sample consisted of students from Bogazici University in Istanbul. The "School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised" ("SAAS-R") instrument was administered to 91 underachievers and a…
Descriptors: School Attitudes, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors