Date of Award

1-1-2000

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Education

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

Underachievement among the gifted has been a focus of research for the past 43 years. This case study looks at factors relating to academic underachievement in four intellectually gifted Malaysian college students, whose ages range from 18 to 19. Five factors were examined to see if they contribute to academic underachievement. They are family and parental factors, peer and social factors, school related factors, self concept and locus of control. Students with an IQ score of 140 and above in the Cattell's Culture Fair Intelligence Test will be selected for this study. School records, test results, public examination results and CGPA will be examined to identify underachievement. The lecturers teaching these students will fill Teacher's Recommendation Checklist. Four students who are identified as underachieving will be selected for this study. These four underachieving intellectually gifted students will complete Background Data Questionnaire. The Attitude Questionnaire, Hauick-2, Teachers, Evaluation Inventory and The School Attitudes Inventory. The researcher will also conduct the first interview based on The Interview Schedule and Instruction Form. Observations and interviews with the peers, parents and teachers were also made. Results indicated that four out of the five are strong factors of underachievement. Self-concept was found not to be a factor affecting academic underachievement in the four intellectually gifted Malaysian students. It is also found that the curriculum is one of the biggest factor that contributes to underachievement among these four intellectually gifted Malaysian students.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, 2000.

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