| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Underachievement syndrome. c1986 (1988 printing). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-416) and index. |
| Contents |
How to get the most out of this book -- Why bright kids get poor grades -- What is underachievement? -- Early risks -- Parents as role models -- Dependency and dominance -- School causes of underachievement -- And what you can do about it -- Parenting towards achievement -- How you can reverse underachievement syndrome using the trifocal model -- Next four steps: communication, expectation, identification, and correction of deficiencies -- What you can do for dependent children -- What you can do as parents -- What you can do as a teacher -- What you can do for dominant conforming underachievers -- What you can do as parents -- What you can do as a teacher -- What you can do about dominant nonconforming children -- What parents can do for dominant nonconformers -- What you can do as a teacher. |
| Subject |
Underachievers -- United States.
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Academic achievement -- United States.
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Personality and academic achievement.
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| Added Author |
Rimm, Sylvia B., 1935-
Underachievement syndrome.
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| ISBN |
0517886871 paperback $16.00 |
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