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  • Volume 28
  •  Issue 2
  • Publication Date: Spring 2005



Gifted Underachievement: Oxymoron or Educational Enigma?

Barbara Hoover-Schultz

Gifted underachievement, at first glance, seems like an oxymoron. How can a gifted student also be an underachiever? By implicit definition gifted students are those who have developed high levels of intelligence and consistently perform at these high levels (Clark, 2002). Underachievement, on the other hand, is associated with a failure to do well in school. This seeming mismatch of terms is puzzling—giftedness and underachievement do not mesh. Like an oxymoron, they are at opposite ends of the educational spectrum. It is no wonder that the underachievement of gifted students is such a mystery.


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