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.


