Practitioners’ Reasons for Learners’
Poor Attendance |
Reasons related to situational variables |
Reasons related to psychosocial variables |
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family demands, no babysitter, sick child (27)
- personal health, psychological
and physical (16)
- work, learners get exhausted and fall behind (10)
- financial resources (10)
- problems with transportation,
long bus rides, no public transit,
unreliable car (6)
- addictions (4)
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lack of self-esteem, fear of failure (10)
- lack of motivation,
determination or desire (10)
- lack of commitment to program
(8)
- lack of clear goals (6)
- lack of progress (5)
- lack of self-discipline (4)
- lack of support at home (3)
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Practitioners’ reasons for learners’ lack of progress
Practitioners were also asked to comment on the main reasons for learners’
lack of
progress. Their comments, for the most part, were related to psychosocial
variables,
although a number of program variables were mentioned. Two of these were
an
inappropriate curriculum and an inappropriate teaching style used in the
classroom.
Single and double responses are not included in the list. See Appendix
B for the
complete list.
- irregular or poor attendance (14)
- learning disabilities (12)
- lack of motivation (10)
- lack of skills and strategies – time management skills, self-management,
conceptual, coping, learning to learn (7)
- lack of cognitive ability – learner may be in a level where
the content is too difficult (7)
- lack of clearly defined goals (6)
- too many outside pressures and personal problems, especially financial
(5)
- lack of commitment (4)
- lack of effort or study (4)
- low self-esteem (3)
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