Talent in Transition: Motivational Development and Underachievement among High-Ability Adolescents Transitioning to Secondary School KU Leuven
Students' school-related motivation lies at the heart of what drives students to (dis)engage and (under)achieve in school. Although underachievement is prevalent in cognitively high-ability students, little is known about their motivational development and how it compares to that of average-ability students. This dissertation aimed to further the understanding of the motivational development of high-ability students during the vulnerable ...