Something's Wrong Here and It's Not Me: Challenging the Dilemmas that Block Girls' Success.

Bell, Lee Anne

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Publication Date: 1989

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Something's Wrong Here and It's Not Me: Challenging the Dilemmas that Block Girls' Success.

Bell, Lee Anne

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v12 n2 p118-30 Win 1989

A group of high-potential girls in grades three-six met with researchers to discuss internal barriers to female achievement. Dilemmas identified as blocking girls' success in school included: smart versus social, silence versus bragging, failure versus perfection, media beauty versus marginality, passive versus aggressive, conforming versus being punished. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Fear of Success, Females, Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Performance Factors, Self Actualization, Student Behavior, Student Problems, Success

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Gifted Girls and Gifted Women.