Skip to content
Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Add to My Lists Add to Bag MARC Display Return to Browse More Information
     
Limit search to available items
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Rimm, Sylvia B., 1935-

Title Why bright kids get poor grades and what you can do about it : a six-step program for parents and teachers / Sylvia Rimm.

Imprint Scottsdale, AZ : Great Potential Press, ©2008.
Connect to
Connect to http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008014748.html

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.956 R577W    Check Shelf
Edition 3rd ed.
Description xxiii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-379) and index.
Contents Why bright kids get poor grades. What is underachievement? -- Early risks -- Parents as role models -- Dependency and dominance -- School causes of underachievement syndrome -- What you can do about it. Parenting toward achievement -- Teaching toward achievement -- How you can reverse underachievement syndrome -- Step two: communication between teachers, parents, and students -- The next three steps: expectations, role models, and deficiencies -- What you can do for dependent children -- What you can do for dominant conforming underachievers -- What you can do for dominant nonconforming children -- Overview.
Summary Millions of gifted children are failing to reach their potential something Dr. Sylvia Rimm calls underachievement syndrome. Drawing on both clinical research and years of experience counseling families, Dr. Rimm has developed a Trifocal Model to help parents and teachers work together to get students back on track. It is effective for a wide range of students, from preschool through college. Dr. Rimm s practical, six-step program provides everything you need to know to turn your child or student's underachievement into success.
Subject Underachievers -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
Personality and academic achievement.
Academic achievement. (OCoLC)fst00794949
Personality and academic achievement. (OCoLC)fst01058700
Underachievers. (OCoLC)fst01160869
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Didaktik (DE-588)4070463-4
Schüler (DE-588)4053369-4
Schulversagen (DE-588)4053584-8
United States (DE-588)4078704-7
Schüler.
ISBN 9780910707879
0910707871
-->
Permanent Link
Add a Review

 

Library Links

Encore

Search Tools

Language Settings

English
Español