Who is responsible for low marks in the exams.....the TEACHERS or the STUDENTS?

Hi as a mother and a student I always believe that the responsibility to understand something falls to me irrespective of whether or not I class the teacher as good or not. Remember everyone is different and we all have our own learning abilites. If I don't understand something then it is up to me to make that known and ask for additional help.

It depends. Sometimes it is the student's fault because they did not study or because they didn't pay attention in class or poor attendance. But I have tests that I have studied really hard for and taken good notes for and I still do bad because the teacher doesn't teach it well. I also hate when teachers put questions on tests that may be something they covered for under a minute, or something like that. It's frustrating.

I've been in classroom situations where I've failed because the teacher has failed to properly explain the study topic to me, no matter how many times I ask her, and get help from her. I don't think some teachers, especially a lot of the older ones, are able to teach properly. They may have the experience and they've read the books so many times that they know the dialogue without reading, but they have a hard time explaining the book itself, and the story between the lines and behind them. But of course there's always been a fault that's my own, for say, not paying enough attention, attendance problems, not doing the homework, and not asking questions when I should

i think that its almost always the student's fault if he fails. we must understand that after a certain period teachers can only give guidance n it all depends upon the students that how much can they research on the topics that they've studied. i'm myself a second year graduating student and i feel that at this stage even books become a limited resource and i always keep on checking for topics on the net.

Most of the times its the students who are responsible. Sometimes teachers are not fair either but if you know your stuff you will mostly of the times get a good mark not matter how the teacher is. The teacher usually being bad only matters when you get a 9 instead of a 10.

BOTH... if the student didn't study he/she will most likely fail. the teachers in the other hand is also at fault if he'she didn't try to reach out to students who seem to be having problems with the academics. but students should also try to listen and understand so as not to fail, after all their parents are paying for their education.. :)

Quite interesting co-incidence as I was discussing about this issue couple of hours ago. If you are a student who has scored a low marks in a exam, I'll advice you to move on accepting it as a part of the game. And if you want to fix the responsibility, 10,001 times I'll say the teacher is responsible for a low marks. Why??? There are so many allegations directing the students about scoring low marks in the exams but the most frustrating allegation is that the students do not prepare their lessions well, and it is a false allegation. Do you memorise or mug up the events you see in a Basketball game, you do not need to do so as you can visualise it. Do you mug up your friends name? You need not do that as you can visualise them. To me, understanding is visualistion/picturisation, and it is the responsiblity of the teachers to draw a picture before your eyes so that you need not mug up or prepare lessions. Atleast for scoring good marks in the examination you should not spend much time in studies.

I think this depends on how many people got the low marks. If there is a test and most of the students do badly, than I think the blame might have to do with te teacher. If that many students (especially those who otherwise do quite well) do poorly on the exam, it could be that either the teacher is not effective, or the test is too hard. That happened to me once in college. The class was given an exam and since the highest grade was an 85, we all got bumped up 15 points. So, in the end, my grade was fine, but I didn't feel like we learned anything. It turns out that the teacher had not been clear about what we needed to understand about the material. I mean, that exam felt like it came out of nowhere and I had studied for two days leading up to the exam. Even the person with the highest grade (a friend of mine) was upset and disappointed by the whole experience. In the case where just a few students do badly, then the responsibility shifts a bit. did the students who did poorly study? Was it made clear what was on the test and what they needed to study? Did they go for extra help when they realized that they were not grasping the material? A teacher can't help a student if the student is not willing to ask for or get the help they need. Everyone learns differently and both teachers and students should take the time to explore different ways of learning and teaching to see what works best.