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Mannylex:
All this one is just long story. Some students are just naturally dull in respect to Academic work no matter how hard the teacher or student tries.

I have seen people terribly woeful academically but they are smart and sound in technical or dexterous activities.

trust me d learning environment in the country is design for d brainnies and not to carry every one along hence ur last sentence.

ofiko123:
Nice one...even though I didn't read the post..

Anụmpam.

uuzba:
SS3 - Senior Secondary 3
JS3 - Junior Secondary 3

JSS3
Why don't all students use their sense?

I really don't get what you are correcting but the correct acronyms are:

JSS - Junior Secondary School 1 to 3 now Basic School 6 to 9, and
SSS - Senior Secondary School 1 to 3.

Lovelyn451:
me too..and my crush just posted his pics on WhatsApp, can u help me spell gojos, asin u look gojos

i knw u're joking, bt all dsame = gorgeous

Teacher4Life:
Some years ago, while conducting a workshop for a group of educators in Kaduna, I asked a question. "Why do students fail?" The reasons provided by these educators were numerous, but also quite logical. Some of these reasons include poor teaching, laziness on the part of students, inattentiveness, ignorance, social media, parents, exam malpractice, learning disability, peer pressure etc. As I listened to those educators reel out these factors and lots more, it became clear to me that all these reasons had one common denominator, that is, poor learning or no learning at all. Students record poor academic performance when learning is either insufficient or at zero level.

Over time, I came up with a working definition for learning. Learning is the process of converting external ideas or concepts into personal and secure information. Students who thrive well academically have simply learnt how to convert external concepts into personal and secure information. In other words, such students now own the information. Of course, you can convert concepts in a thousand and one ways, depending on individual differences.

Learning is not cramming. In cramming, students secure the information but don't personalise it, and so it never lasts. You can personalise information by paying attention to the why, what, how, where etc. of the concept from which the information is derived, not by cramming. I do not outrightly condemn cramming, however, learning holds greater benefits. Cramming can be done hastily, but true learning takes time. So, learning entails asking relevant questions. In fact, it's a process, not an event.

Teacher4Life

It's also the strengthening or weakening of old behaviors as a result of experience(s).

nice post but most nigerian lectures want u to give it to dem d way its in the handout

Teacher4Life:
Some years ago, while conducting a workshop for a group of educators in Kaduna, I asked a question. "Why do students fail?" The reasons provided by these educators were numerous, but also quite logical. Some of these reasons include poor teaching, laziness on the part of students, inattentiveness, ignorance, social media, parents, exam malpractice, learning disability, peer pressure etc. As I listened to those educators reel out these factors and lots more, it became clear to me that all these reasons had one common denominator, that is, poor learning or no learning at all. Students record poor academic performance when learning is either insufficient or at zero level.

Over time, I came up with a working definition for learning. Learning is the process of converting external ideas or concepts into personal and secure information. Students who thrive well academically have simply learnt how to convert external concepts into personal and secure information. In other words, such students now own the information. Of course, you can convert concepts in a thousand and one ways, depending on individual differences.

Learning is not cramming. In cramming, students secure the information but don't personalise it, and so it never lasts. You can personalise information by paying attention to the why, what, how, where etc. of the concept from which the information is derived, not by cramming. I do not outrightly condemn cramming, however, learning holds greater benefits. Cramming can be done hastily, but true learning takes time. So, learning entails asking relevant questions. In fact, it's a process, not an event.

Teacher4Life

Yes indeed; however, another important factor is lack of the patience to carefully read the exam question in the first instance and subsequently understand/comprehend the answer required of them e.g. the question may be, ''how many LGAs are there in your state''?

You'd be surprised how many students would laboriously pen down a list of all the names of the LGAs, thinking they had answered the question correctly; ignoring the keyword 'How Many' which clearly demands for a numerical (number) answer instead of a nominal one.

Many such persons abound in this forum; judging from their frequent misinterpretation and distortion of information arising from a woefully poor comprehension - yet the same set of ppl are likely to be the first to chant 'aboki no go school' at the earliest opportunity.

Abatemtem:
Our system no support learning.

It's not about the system... It's more about the individual's choice!!!

In the first place, no one should be compelled or unduly influenced to take up courses he or she is not passionate about.

Once the passion is in place, learning follows easily.

JIMMY1393:
Nigeria and it's useless education ....la cram la pour....I remember then during exam periods especially on the day of exam you will see some guys walking to and fro uttering and mummerinh words to themselves... it will look as if they are praying meanwhile dudes are reciting what they read over and over so it sticks...1 week after and they can't remember shit...I always hated Nigeria and it's education system...it was when I wrote A level exams I knew the difference between Nigeria and american education is wide

I agree totally... This is a big issue with educational system from basic to tertiary!!!

It's quite shameful that over 96% of students in tertiary institutions, even postgraduate ones still feel a compulsion to cram just to obtain a highly valued paper qualification, at the expense of true knowledgeability and dexterity!!

The education system or approach of educators must change... Let's stop rewarding crammers, and actually start rewarding proficient and knowledgeable students.

Teacher4Life:
Well, Emirett, I agree about passing exams even if you read a night before such exams. But the big question is, are you really learning by doing so? I don't think so. There is a huge difference between passing exams and learning. What you're doing is actually cramming. As a teacher, my goal is to help my students to not just pass exams but also to learn. I hope this answers your question.

Nice point

You did well

There's one lecturer that taught me in my school delsu.william is his name .so boring and annoying.he will be blowing useless Grammar with that his oversized suit.doesnt dictate note to his students and when he gives you exam Na grammar go full am


When he dey teach I dey always feel sleepy and he's so dictatorial.gosh

When students don't listen to him while he's teaching he go dey para

The teaching method of all these ancient and obsolete professors is super boring and uninspiring.you can't even see them and say you want to be a lecturer except for some new generation lecturers.those ones are

You no go even Taya for their class.you go want make them continue

Laziness from part of both students and teachers

Aside all the reasons you gave for failure, another important yet ignored reason why students fail is anxiety.
Anxiety carries with it forgetfulness, loss of memory.
When you're anxious you can't examine, or reason carefully. To solve this problem, you should learn how to prepare, have a timetable and stick strictly to it. You should also be disciplined.
Incorporate resting in your timetable as it is very important to rest.
Eat well...
Meditate early in the morning and late at night.

This helped me a lot in school.
Another thing is to look for less bulky but more effective materials on the subject or course, it gives you the vibe to want to read more.

Mannylex:
All this one is just long story. Some students are just naturally dull in respect to Academic work no matter how hard the teacher or student tries.

I have seen people terribly woeful academically but they are smart and sound in technical or dexterous activities.

Likewise me I see people who are smart in business and execution of contract but very shallow in education work.

As one who has passed through the four walls of school and also taught students during my Nysc days. I can tell you for a fact, that the number one cause of why student fail is

- POOR learning environment.

if the teacher cannot create a very happy and exciting class
if the school owners provide a classroom with poor ventilation, poor chairs and desk.

students will continually struggle to keep attention.

This is the major cause!.

I know how it was when during my Jambito Year in UNI, and how several departments will assemble in a hall for General courses. Ratio 600:1 lecturer.

Poor timetable, students don't know what lecturer is to come and when, all you get is handout handout handout to compensate for lecturers absence. How do you expect a student to learn under that atmosphere?

It's the major reason people abroad do better than here.
it's also the same reason Private Uni students may score better than Federal UNI students.

it's in the schooling environment. solve that and you have solved a lot of things

10mobile:
Anụmpam.

Your father..

uuzba:
SS3 - Senior Secondary 3
JS3 - Junior Secondary 3

JSS3
Why don't all students use their sense?

so what Ur point.i no undastand u.we talking about serious issue for you and I unborn children.Do u like when Ur kids is good in English but have no good skills.we over hype English too much in this country.hw many Chinese can speak good english but oil company industries in Nigeria employ them and earn big salary because of their expertise in mechanism.english with no good salary to boost of is useless.english dnt give you job in today naija but Good handwork and social skills

oj

Tell that to that stupid Teacher who will fail you for being creative

LEARNING and SCHOOLING!

Two different things.
You can LEARN without going to School, but adding Schooling to it might make you learn more
You can go to SCHOOL without Learning much, but learning in School makes your learning more productive.

School is a formal place of learning but learning itself, is a life-long endeavour in searching for, and acquiring knowledge, which can be done anywhere and everywhere.
You learn best, when you have INTEREST in what you are Learning
What you have interest in, are things that you believe are BENEFICIAL to your Life/Future/Goals

Now, let us WALK BACK and see why Students FAIL in School:

Our SCHOOLS/LECTURERS "TEACH" us what are not BENEFICIAL to our Life/Future/Goals and as such, we have NO INTEREST in what they are trying to teach us, we do not LEARN anything from what they are teaching thus, FAILING any Exam they set, based on what they teach, comes naturally.
Ofcourse, one can cram and still pass those Exams but one has still not learnt a damn thing from such teachings.

What we need to do so students can learn, is to restructure our School Curricular, to integrate what is beneficial and of interest to the students and their aspirations in life, into school learning.

#FormerTeacher
#BestTeacher.

teachers always want student to give them exactly whats on the text book during exams

Wow this is great ...

laziness and malpractice are the two stumbling blocks,imagine a waec student bouncing to the hall already knowing expo will flow like water...so why read. a combination of laziness and malpractice is killing education

nice writeup

Emirett:
Great info, thanks for sharing. Usually, I study for exams the night before. Most often I pass exams.

you studied to pass not to learn

The world technology is taking over so a new means of learning structure should be installed and not the older method to help keep up moving with the current wave. i think the older method learning is becoming too obsolete.

The current school system is majorly flawed! Students are not taught real life concepts but theories and outdated scenarios. Engineering students instead of a final project that is practical and physical are being told to write 20-30 page paper on a topic . Business students are not taught how to form a company and the day to day running of that company, they are not made to understand stock market and investing rather they look at theories and concept from the 1800s. 90% of Nigerian graudates cannot write a proper CV/Resume, 70% cannot answer behavioral questions using scenario based answers related to their field of study.

When was the last time most of the cirriculum for our universites were reviewed? You expect students to pass 10-15 courses per semester, can we honestly expect them to give it their all in each course? Remove the redundant courses, update the cirriculum, update the teaching mechanism and expose them to real life practical application. All the Lebesque, Lagrange, Porter, Newton theories without conceptualization is RUBBISH!

Teacher4Life:
Some years ago, while conducting a workshop for a group of educators in Kaduna, I asked a question. "Why do students fail?" The reasons provided by these educators were numerous, but also quite logical. Some of these reasons include poor teaching, laziness on the part of students, inattentiveness, ignorance, social media, parents, exam malpractice, learning disability, peer pressure etc. As I listened to those educators reel out these factors and lots more, it became clear to me that all these reasons had one common denominator, that is, poor learning or no learning at all. Students record poor academic performance when learning is either insufficient or at zero level.

Over time, I came up with a working definition for learning. Learning is the process of converting external ideas or concepts into personal and secure information. Students who thrive well academically have simply learnt how to convert external concepts into personal and secure information. In other words, such students now own the information. Of course, you can convert concepts in a thousand and one ways, depending on individual differences.

Learning is not cramming. In cramming, students secure the information but don't personalise it, and so it never lasts. You can personalise information by paying attention to the why, what, how, where etc. of the concept from which the information is derived, not by cramming. I do not outrightly condemn cramming, however, learning holds greater benefits. Cramming can be done hastily, but true learning takes time. So, learning entails asking relevant questions. In fact, it's a process, not an event.

Teacher4Life

True

How can I improve my grammar please

gud4vvvvv:
How can I improve my grammar please

reading books and writing articles too
I write articles an publish. I use grammarly and I learn a lot from it.

Part of the reason students fail , is when you refuse to sort the lecturer of that course, if he/she is the corrupt type, no matter what u wrote in that exam .