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Underachievement (Page 81) 1. Underachievement is the term used to describe the relative failure of an individual to reach their potential as dictated by observers. For example, a student who had been predicted by a teacher to obtain a C grade at GCSE and actually achieved an E grade may be said by that teacher to have underachieved. 4. Two possible explanations for the failure of students from ethnic minorities to achieve similar numbers of post-16 qualifications as whites despite greater staying-on rates, are: * Labelling. Students from ethnic minorities may experience labelling by teachers in schools. The teacher may unconsciously judge them and apply a negative label, for example "unruly", "disruptive" or "difficult to control". They would then reinforce this by acting upon it perhaps by regularly disciplining them in an attempt to regain the control that they perceive is threatened by the presence of the student, or by giving them...

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