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Table 1 Challenges related to student academic performance

From: Moving from surviving to thriving: a taxonomy of beginning science teacher challenges

Category

Description

Student effort related to improving personal understanding

Challenges related to teacher concerns that students understanding and academic success is hampered by their not working through challenges

Students failing courses

Challenges related to student failures in courses

Student effort related to completing assignments and other tasks

Challenges related to students that are not completing tasks, assignments, and other work in or outside of class due to effort

Student performance on formal assessments

Challenges related to understanding why students that are struggling to perform on formal assessments

Working with parents on student academic issues

Challenges related to working with parents to improve the academic performance of their students