Why children do not perform well

Why children do not perform well?

When children do not get good grades in any subject or are not able to perform up to our expectation, we often chide and goad them to work harder in the subject. Is it the right way to assess and motivate the child? Experiences at School of Creative Learning have shown that the issue of failure in the examination may be a product of various factors like physical ailment, emotional distraction or disturbance, lack of proper motivation, etc. However, even if there is no such problem a child may not do well in the examination due to different learning style or lack of proper mental competencies. For example, if the child is not doing well in mathematical competencies, one must also look whether the child is of different learning style than logical and/or is deficient in

Concentration
Memory(logical)
Rational thinking

If the child is really deficient in these competencies, the child should be asked to perform exercises to develop those competencies. For example, if the learner's learning style is different, the teaching learning strategy has to be different. See A short note on Multiple intelligence and How to identify the Learning Style of Your Child for details. Further, if the child does not have good concentration, he should do exercises to develop it. Once concentration is developed, a bit of hard work may do wonders. Following chart may help in diagnosing the basic problems in a child. For appropriate solution consult Creative Learning Volunteers or write to us. The table here shows the reasons for poor performance in the following categories ( You can click on them to take you to related matter directly):

General performance poor
Poor in Languages
Poor in Mathematics
Poor in Science
Poor in Social Studies

Diagnosing why a child does not perform well at examination

Sl. No.	Performance	Deficiency	What to Do?
I.	General performance poor	Physical handicaps/ailments	Consult Mukhar Volunteers
		Emotional disturbance	Consult a Psychologist or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Learning Style other verbal/logical	See A note on Multiple Intelligence Consult Creative Learning Volunteers and Change Teaching/Learning techniques See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Concentration	See How to develop Concentration See The Art of Developing Concentration Concentration Development Kit Consult Mental Ability Teacher at SCL
		Poor Memory	See How to develop Memory Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Thinking	See How to develop Thinking Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Power of observation	See How to develop Power of Observation Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
II.	Poor in Languages	Learning Style other than verbal	Consult Creative Learning Volunteers and Change Teaching/Learning technique See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Concentration	See How to develop Concentration Consult Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See The Art of Developing Concentration Use Concentration Development Kit
		Poor Memory(Verbal)	See How to develop Memory Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Thinking	See How to develop Thinking Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Imagination	See How to develop Imagination Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Listening	See How to develop Listening Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Reading	See How to develop Reading Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Vocabulary Control	See How to develop Vocabulary Control Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Writing ability	See How to develop Writing ability Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Functional Grammar	See How to develop Functional Grammar Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
III.	Poor in Mathematics	Learning Style other than logical.	Consult Creative Learning Volunteers and Change Teaching/Learning technique
		Poor Concentration	See How to develop Concentration Consult Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See The Art of Developing Concentration Use Concentration Development Kit
		Poor Memory(Logical)	See How to develop Memory Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Thinking	See How to develop Thinking Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Vocabulary Control	See How to develop Vocabulary Control Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Writing ability	See How to develop Writing ability Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
IV.	Poor in Science	Learning Style other than logical	Consult Creative Learning Volunteers and Change Teaching/Learning technique
		Poor Concentration	See How to develop Concentration Consult Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See The Art of Developing Concentration Use Concentration Development Kit
		Poor Memory	See How to develop Memory Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Thinking	See How to develop Thinking Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Vocabulary	See How to develop Vocabulary Control Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Writing ability	See How to develop Writing ability Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Technological skills	See How to develop Technological skills Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Science teacher at SCL
V.	Poor in Social Studies	Learning Style other than verbal & interpersonal	Consult Creative Learning Volunteers and Change Teaching/Learning technique See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Concentration	See How to develop Concentration Consult Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See The Art of Developing Concentration Use Concentration Development Kit
		Poor Memory	See How to develop Memory Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Thinking	See How to develop Thinking Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or Mental Ability Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Vocabulary Control	See How to develop Vocabulary Control Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Writing ability	See How to develop Writing ability Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Listening	See How to develop Listening Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials
		Poor Reading	See How to develop Reading Consult Creative Learning Volunteers or language Teacher at SCL See also Publication and other materials

Why children do not perform well?

Diagnosing why a child does not perform well at examination

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