waecE-LEARNING
Biology Paper 1 Practical, May/June 2013  
Questions:   1 2 3 4   Main
General Comments
Strength
Weakness/Remedies


Weakness/Remedies

The candidates’ weaknesses include their inability to:

  • draw according to specification/size;
  • classify organisms;
  • understand what observable difference means;
  • spell technical words correctly;
  • relate the differences in a tabular form together;
  • march structures with functions correctly;
  • draw guidelines to touch the label on the diagram;
  • label phloem and xylem;
  • start the phylum name with capital letter.

The following remedies were suggested to overcome the weaknesses:

  • Candidates should be engaged in real practical and field work more often;
  • schools should get qualified teachers to take the candidates on practical;
  • the spelling and use of technical terms should be emphasized;
  • teachers should used good and current textbooks to teach;
  • drawing techniques should be vigorously stressed and taught to students;
  • candidates should be encouraged to make their handwritings legible.
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