Factors Associated with Underachievement in Seventh-Grade Children

Causes of Educational Failure among Elementary School Students in Brunei Darussalam as Perceived by Mathematics and Science Teachers

“…Characteristics that reflect this lack of concern include neglecting homework and spending too little time on self-study. The importance of study habits to achievement has also been noted by Mufson, Cooper & Hall (1989). They studied seventh grade students and found that underachievers were less hard-working compared with high achievers.…”

Relationship Between Self‐Concept and Achievement for African American Preadolescents

“…Because achievement test scores-rather than school grades-were used as the dependent variable in this study, the strength of the relationship between social maturity and achievement may not have been detected. Research has indicated a stronger relationship between self-concept and grades than between self-concept and achievement test scores (e.g., Mufson, Cooper, & Hall, 1989;Wiggins et a]., 1994).…”

Effective Middle School Teaching: Factors that Promote and Maintain It

“…Mufson, Cooper & Hall (1989) found that a major factor associated with achievement had to do with this self-fulfilling prophecy: if teachers expect success the student is more likely to experience it. The reverse is also true; the less teachers expect, the less they get (Brophy, 1987;Doda, 1991;Mufson, et al, 1989;Stefanich, 1990).…”