This study tested a method for increasing student achievement in a seventhgrade
gifted classroom. Literature on underachievement supports various methods for
avoiding underachievement, including developing interests, identifying heroes and
utilizing adult helpers, discovering careers, creating academic and personal goals,
naming short-term and long-term plans, and completing student interest projects.
Renzulli Learning created a Personal Success Plan (PSP) with the intention of creating
a tool to increase student achievement of students with giftedness and lower the
underachievement in students. Pretest data was taken on the 23 students before the
intervention of the PSP was begun. Posttest data was then taken after the intervention
was completed according to the timeframe indicated by Renzulli Learning. Through
observation of the data, it is evident that there is a positive correlation with utilizing the
Personal Success Plan intervention 100% of the recommended time and increased
academic achievement. For students who completed the intervention as recommended,
academics did increase. / Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:WICHITA/oai:soar.wichita.edu:10057/3963 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Miller, Amy Beigel |
| Contributors | Gibson, Kay L. |
| Publisher | Wichita State University |
| Source Sets | Wichita State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | viii, 70 p. |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by Amy Beigel Miller. All rights reserved |
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