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What helps or hinders the achievement of academically talented secondary school boys

This study explores the factors that help or hinder the academic achievement of gifted secondary school boys. It examines the role of teachers, societal influences, school environment, family support, and intrapersonal factors. Open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 31 boys per cohort in 2016.

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What helps or hinders the achievement of academically talented secondary school boys

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  1. What helps or hinders the achievement of academically talented secondary school boys Dr Graeme Miller

  2. “Definitely incompetent teachers. In either Year 3 or Year 4, my teacher was useless. It was mostly my job to teach the class except for when I didn’t do my homework. Then I would have 500 press ups to do, which would take me half the day, or if I was lucky I would only get 5 or 10 laps of the field to run. It was a complete waste of a year and that was when I started to dislike school.”

  3. Open-ended questionnaires Semi-structured interviews 31 boys per cohort 2016 Study design HELPED OR HINDERED? 2017 2018

  4. Societal Help 1 2 3 Competition Internet Friends

  5. Societal Hindrance Social Media Bullying

  6. School Help Streaming Challenge Competition Acceleration Supportive Encouragement High Expectations “If you’re all of the same ability level, the teacher can focus on one thing and the whole class can understand it, and if you don’t understand it, there are always your peers who will understand, and they can teach you.”

  7. School Hindrance Lack of Challenge Waiting for others Needless repetition Groupings Boredom Depression 2016: Innovative/Flexible Learning Environments

  8. Family Help Family Encouragement Intellectual Conversation Incidental Teaching Resources Aspirational Role models Specific Assistance Parental Expectations Parental Education Leisure Time Reminders

  9. Family Hindrance Distractions from younger siblings Family Commitments Pressure to over-study Language spoken at home Chores

  10. Intrapersonal Help Determination Self-motivation Competitiveness Strong work ethic Goal setting Perseverance Curiosity Pursuit of excellence

  11. Intrapersonal Hindrance I’ll get to it later... Procrastination Distractibility Lack of Motivation

  12. Single Greatest Help

  13. Single Greatest Hindrance Lack of Challenge Low Teacher Expectations

  14. Model to achieve mission challenge Engagement + High expectations go wider Enrichment Equity + + = + × Encouragement Excellence go deeper Extension + Acceleration go faster

  15. Dr Graeme Miller Email: giftedconsultingnz@gmail.com Website: giftedconsulting.org

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