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Gifted and Talented Students “Underachievement” and Intervention: A Case Study

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  • Suganty Kanapathy

    (Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.)

  • Nursakinah binti Mat Hazir

    (Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.)

  • Hawa Aqilah binti Hamuzan

    (Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.)

  • Premanarayani Menon

    (Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.)

  • You Huay Woon

    (Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.)

Abstract

Gifted and talented students are known as highly potential students, who always seek for challenging educational circle to ensure such students are able to make progress. Number of different reasons lead to gifted and talented students’ academic underachievement. Thus, there is a need to develop strategies for uplifting the underachieving gifted and talented students and the intervention plan. The intervention plan could differ from one gifted and talented student to another. This study examines gifted and talented students’ underachievement in Chemistry. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative studies were conducted. A survey was carried out involving 63 gifted and talented students from Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara. The data obtained was analysed using SPSS. The finding shows that gifted and talented students are interested in learning Chemistry, however continuous motivation from both peers and teachers plays a crucial role in leading towards success.

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  • Suganty Kanapathy & Nursakinah binti Mat Hazir & Hawa Aqilah binti Hamuzan & Premanarayani Menon & You Huay Woon, 2022. "Gifted and Talented Students “Underachievement” and Intervention: A Case Study," European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, European Open Science, vol. 3(5), pages 114-122, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejedu0:v:3:y:2022:i:5:id:30453
    DOI: 10.24018/ejedu.2022.3.5.453
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