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Siegle, Del; McCoach, D. Betsy; Shea, Kelly – Roeper Review, 2014
Factors associated with motivation and satisfaction aid in understanding the processes that enhance achievement and productivity. Siegle and McCoach (2005) proposed a motivational model for understanding student achievement and underachievement that included self-perceptions in three areas (meaningfulness [goal valuation], self-efficacy, and…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Academically Gifted, Talent, Predictive Measurement
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Baslanti, Ugur; McCoach, D. Betsy – Roeper Review, 2006
The study aims to elucidate the characteristics of gifted underachievers at the university level and the reasons for their underachievement. The sample consisted of students from Bogazici University in Istanbul. The "School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised" ("SAAS-R") instrument was administered to 91 underachievers and a…
Descriptors: School Attitudes, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors
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McCoach, D. Betsy; Siegle, Del – Roeper Review, 2002
Using structured equation modeling techniques, this study examined factor structure differences in academic self-perceptions of 210 gifted high school students and a general population student group. Although there were large mean differences between gifted students and the general population students on the academic self-perceptions scale, the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Gifted, Grade Point Average, High Schools