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How Common Are Academic Overachievement and Underachievement in Children with Autism or ADHD?
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Susan Dickerson Mayes; Daniel A. Waschbusch; Susan L. Calhoun; Richard E. Mattison – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2020
The prevalence of academic underachievement or learning disabilities in children with autism or ADHD (two groups at increased risk for such problems) has been extensively researched, but little is known about overachievement in these groups. The frequency of overachievement across academic domains compared to nondiscrepant achievement and…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Overachievement, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading Comprehension
WAIS-R Performance Patterns of 565 Incarcerated Adults Characterized as Underachieving Readers and Adequate Readers.
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Kender, Joseph P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Prison inmates (N=565) classified as underachievers or adequate readers were administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Analysis of recategorized WAIS-R scores suggested that, as a group, the underachieving readers exhibited a pattern different from that of genetic dyslexic Ss and different from that of reading and learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Testing, Underachievement
A Pilot Study Related to Identification, Placement, and Curriculum Development for Academically Underprepared Students in Florida Junior Colleges.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Task Force on Testing. – 1969
This study investigated the limitation of using only achievement test batteries to identify and place academically underprepared students, and suggests curriculum innovations to deal more adequately with the problem. Ninety students at Daytona Beach and Santa Fe junior colleges provided data by completing a series of physical, psychological, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Educational Research, Emotional Disturbances
WAIS-R Verbal and Performance Profiles of Adolescents Referred for Atypical Learning Styles.
Rush, Pamela; And Others – 1989
This study investigated Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) profiles of deaf adolescents referred for academic difficulties. In addition, differences between referral deaf students and non-referral deaf peers were explored. The sample consisted of 28 severely-to-profoundly hearing impaired students enrolled in the School of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Deafness