This study evaluated the impact of a small group counseling intervention designed for students who underachieve. The results of the study demonstrated significant improvement for ninth- and tenth-grade underachieving students in the areas of organizational skills, time management, and motivation. The author discusses implications and recommendations for school counselors working with underachieving students.
AmateaE. (1975). The yellow brick road: A sourcebook of career guidance strategies for the elementary teacher and counselor.Tallahassee, FL: Career Education Center, Florida Department of Education.
4.
AudS., Wilkinson-FlickerS., KristapovichP., RathbunA., WangX., ZhangJ., … DziubaA. (2013). The condition of education 2013.(NCES 2013–037). Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013037
5.
BanduraA. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognition theory.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
6.
BraunV., & ClarkeV. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology.Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77–101. doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa
7.
BrigmanG. A., WebbL. D., & CampbellC. (2007). Building skills for school success: Improving the academic and social competence of students.Professional School Counseling, 10, 279–288.
8.
BrunsJ. H. (1992). They can but they don't : Helping students overcome work inhibition.New York, NY: Viking.
9.
CarrC. V., & GalassiJ. P. (2012). The role school counselors believe they should adopt in dropout prevention.Journal of School Counseling, 10(1). Retrieved from http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v10n1.pdf
DockeryD. J. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors.Journal of School Counseling, 10(12). Retrieved from http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v10n12.pdf
12.
DoughertyC. (2003). Numeracy, literacy and earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.Economics of Education Review, 22, 511–521. doi:10.1016/s0272-7757(03)00040-2
FioreN. (1989). Overcoming procrastination.New York, NY: MJF Books.
15.
GreenbergK. R. (2003). Group counseling in K-12 schools : A handbook for school counselors.Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
16.
HodisF. A., MeyerL. H., McClureJ., WeirK. F., & WalkeyF. H. (2011). A longitudinal investigation of motivation and secondary school achievement using growth mixture modeling.Journal of Educational Psychology, 103(2), 312–323. doi:10.1037/a0022547
17.
MandelH. P., & MarcusS. I. (1988). The psychology of underachievement.New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
18.
MandelH. P., & MarcusS. I. (1995). Could do better.New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
19.
McCallR. B., EvahnC., & KratzerL. (1992). High school underachievers: What do they achieve as adults?Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications.
20.
MurnaneR. J., WillettJ. B., & LevyF. (1995). The growing importance of cognitive skills in wage determination.The Review of Economics and Statistics, 77(2), 251–266.
21.
OwensD., Pernice-DucaF., & ThomasD. (2009). Post-training needs of urban high school counselors: Implications for counselor training programs.Journal of School Counseling, 7(17). Retrieved from http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v7n17.pdf
22.
PetersR. (2000). Overcoming underachieving.New York, NY: Broadway Books.
23.
PetersonJ. S. (2000). A follow-up study of one group of achievers and underachievers four years after high school graduation.Roeper Review, 22(4), 217–224. doi:10.1080/02783190009554041
ReisS. M., & McCoachD. B. (2000). The underachievement of gifted students: What do we know and where do we go?Gifted Child Quarterly, 44(3), 152–170. doi:10.1177/001698620004400302
26.
RimmS. (2008). Why bright kids get poor grades.Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential Press, Inc.
27.
RubensteinL. D., SiegleD., ReisS. M., McCoachD. B., & BurtonM. G. (2012). A Complex quest: The development and research of underachievement interventions for gifted students.Psychology in the Schools, 49, 678–694. doi:10.1002/pits.21620
28.
SmithE. (2005). Analysing underachievement in schools.New York, NY: Continuum International Publishing Group.
29.
StoegerH., & ZiglerA. (2005). Evaluation of an elementary classroom self-regulated learning program for gifted mathematics underachievers.International Education Journal, 6(2), 261–271.
30.
StroudK. C., & ReynoldsC. R. (2006). SMALSI: School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory.Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
31.
ThorndikeR. L. (1963). The concepts of over and underachievement.New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
32.
Van BoxtelB. W., & MonksF. J. (1992). General, social and academic self-concepts of gifted adolescents.Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 21(2), 169–187.
33.
WhistonS. C., & QuinbyR. F. (2009). Review of school counseling outcome research.Psychology in the Schools, 46, 267–272. doi:10.1002/pits.20372
34.
WhitmoreJ. R. (1980). Giftedness, conflict, and underachievement.Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
35.
WilsonN. S. (1986). Counselor interventions with low-achieving and underachieving elementary, middle, and high school students: A review of the literature.Journal of Counseling and Development, 64, 628–634.
36.
WinsladeJ., & MonkG. (1999). Narrative counseling in schools.Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.
37.
WittmerJ., & ThompsonD. W. (2006). Large group guidance activities: A K-12 sourcebook(2nd ed.). Warminster, PA: Educational Media Corp.
38.
ZimmermanB. J., BonnerS., & KovachR. (1996). Developing self-regulated learners: Beyond achievement to self-efficacy.Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
