Giftedness, Conflict, and Underachievement

This text is divided into five parts: 1. An Overview of the Field of the Gifted; 2. Identification and Definition of the Problem of Gifted Underachievers; 3.Gaining an Understanding of the Problem through Social Psychological Research and Educational Literature; 4. Conceptualization and Implementation of a Special Program for Highly Gifted Underachievers; and 5. Results of Experimental Program and Recommendations. The primary motives and specific educational objectives in the mind of the writer make this an unique text and not just a report of research findings.Readers are asked to conduct further testing, refinement, and development of the model program for gifted underachievers.