waecE-LEARNING
Biology Paper 2,May/June 2013.  
Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main
General Comments
Strength
Weakness/Remedies



Weakness/Remedies

Observed candidates weaknesses are as follows:

  • Inability to spell technical terms correctly. e.g. ‘Malphighian’ ‘Anenometer’ ‘hydrometer’ for ‘malpighian’, ‘Anemometer’ and ‘hygrometer’;
  • poor presentation and arrangement of points to score;
  • poor use of English and illegible handwriting;
  • lengthy explanations without relevant points to the question asked;
  • inability to write a balanced equation representing photosynthesis;
  • inadherence to instructions.  Some candidates answered more than two questions from part I, and some answered questions from the part peculiar to other countries;
  • giving the general function of kidney instead of how the nephron carries out excretion.


    The following remedies were proffered to overcome these weaknesses:

    • School Subject Teachers should pay more attention to conservation and the description of cycles alongside their diagrams;
    • the major products of light-dependent stage of photosynthesis should be emphasized by the teachers in the classroom;
    • teachers should inculcate the culture of independent work on students;
    • teachers should endeavour to cover the syllabus before students take the examination;
    • students should improve on their written English so as to help them in answering questions;
    • candidates should read and understand a question before attempting it.
                 


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