Gifted and Talented Students “Underachievement” and Intervention: A Case Study

Abstract

Gifted and talented students are known as highly potential students, who always seek for challenging educational circle to ensure such students are able to make progress. Number of different reasons lead to gifted and talented students’ academic underachievement. Thus, there is a need to develop strategies for uplifting the underachieving gifted and talented students and the intervention plan. The intervention plan could differ from one gifted and talented student to another. This study examines gifted and talented students’ underachievement in Chemistry. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative studies were conducted. A survey was carried out involving 63 gifted and talented students from Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara. The data obtained was analysed using SPSS. The finding shows that gifted and talented students are interested in learning Chemistry, however continuous motivation from both peers and teachers plays a crucial role in leading towards success.