Magu – Mitihani ya Darasa la Saba | Pre-Necta 2026 | Download all Subjects
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While work from experts is useful in one way, work from peers can often have more credibility with some students. There are many reasons for this, from confidence and competitiveness to audience and self-efficacy. Just know that parents motivate students one way, their peers another, teachers another, and so on. We all have different things that move us for different reasons, and students are no different.
The answer is usually framed as a class (e.g., ‘They struggle using transitional phrases) when in reality, though that might be true, there are either bigger problems–or other problems further upstream (like not fully understanding the point of the essay) that make their lack of transitional phrases in their essay an effect rather than a cause. That is, they don’t fully understand what they’re writing about and why, so they struggle to create a compelling argument in writing (which means they don’t use transitional words and phrases as naturally).
Seeing this, you go back and give them a mini-lesson on transitions because that’s what they’re missing. And while you’re not wrong, you’re missing why *they* are ‘wrong’ and so will be less likely to help them.
A big part of this is being able to, as a teacher, separate skills, competencies, and knowledge necessary to complete high-quality work on an assignment-by-assignment basis.
Obviously, the background knowledge and skills need to be there in order for certain ‘things’ to be done. If they can’t use idea organization strategies, writing compelling essays is going to be difficult. If the essay isn’t ‘their best,’ you have to figure out why it’s not their best–and not all students. That student standing in front of you.
