Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
difficoltà di profitto
English translation:
poor performance
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Ivana UK
Dec 11, 2010 22:43
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Italian term
difficoltà di profitto
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Education / Pedagogy
Gli studi si occupano delle difficoltà di profitto dei giovani stranieri nell’istruzione primaria.
'students not benefiting from the course/curriculum' is the only thing that comes to mind but doesn't exactly lend itself to the above sentence, even if I play around with it a bit. I feel like simply omitting 'profitto' but obviously can't do that as it clarifies the type of difficulties faced.
Can anyone think of anything a little more concise?
'students not benefiting from the course/curriculum' is the only thing that comes to mind but doesn't exactly lend itself to the above sentence, even if I play around with it a bit. I feel like simply omitting 'profitto' but obviously can't do that as it clarifies the type of difficulties faced.
Can anyone think of anything a little more concise?
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Barbara Carrara
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poor performance
Buongiorno, Ivana!
I think 'poor performance' just about covers it, as it encapsulates the essence of the Italian expression.
'It is important to find the reason for your child's poor performance, especially if she is failing, and come up with a treatment plan so that she can perform up to her full potential. Another reason to get your child help, is that doing poorly in school can easily lead to problems with low self-esteem, behavior problems and depression.
It is sometimes difficult to figure out if a child's problems at school are caused by their other medical problems, such as depression, or if these other problems began because of their poor school performance. Children who do poorly at school may be under a lot of stress, and will develop different ways to cope with this stress.'
www.redrockcanyonschool.com/poorschoolperformance/
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Hiya there! Thanks, Ivana. Glad this helped. Buon lavoro! B.
I think 'poor performance' just about covers it, as it encapsulates the essence of the Italian expression.
'It is important to find the reason for your child's poor performance, especially if she is failing, and come up with a treatment plan so that she can perform up to her full potential. Another reason to get your child help, is that doing poorly in school can easily lead to problems with low self-esteem, behavior problems and depression.
It is sometimes difficult to figure out if a child's problems at school are caused by their other medical problems, such as depression, or if these other problems began because of their poor school performance. Children who do poorly at school may be under a lot of stress, and will develop different ways to cope with this stress.'
www.redrockcanyonschool.com/poorschoolperformance/
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Hiya there! Thanks, Ivana. Glad this helped. Buon lavoro! B.
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Comment: "Hi Barbara - thanks for your excllent suggestion which is spot-on and fits the various instances of difficoltà di profitto scattered throughout the text!"
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bad results
On the whole, it may be said that good students do not usually show **bad results** and that negligent students do not generally pass.
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For our research, this was an advantage. Our students did not learn enough and .... Further more, 100%, i.e. all students with **bad results** were tired or had ...
conference.nie.edu.sg/2007/paper/papers/COGSY002B.pdf
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For our research, this was an advantage. Our students did not learn enough and .... Further more, 100%, i.e. all students with **bad results** were tired or had ...
conference.nie.edu.sg/2007/paper/papers/COGSY002B.pdf
Note from asker:
| So glad I posted, looks like I was totally off-track - thanks for putting me on track. Dictionary entry for profitto: p. (scolastico), risultato raggiunto nelle varie materie da uno studente, valutato con il voto di profitto |
| from which I take it that the 'voto di profitto' is the pass mark |
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right word, right place. everytime
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difficulty in profiting from...
this may help
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in the sense that the student is not benefitting from...
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in the sense that the student is not benefitting from...
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learning difficulties
these can be social too, not necessarily biological (dyslexia, etc.)
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underachievement/ underperformance
not doing as well as they might; I don't think it implies a behavioural or intellectual impairment.
Example sentence:
"Jason Osborne of the University of Oklahoma offers a related explanation for the underperformance of black students relative to their white peers..."
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your input Oliver, much appreciated. I was torn between your answer and Barbara's but went with Barbara's in the end. |
Discussion
Avanzamento, progresso, nello studio, nell’apprendimento di una materia, nel lavoro, ecc.: il ragazzo fa molto p. negli studî, ha fatto un rapido p. in latino (più com. progresso); prende lezioni di francese, e, pare, con notevole profitto. In partic., voto di p., voto scolastico che esprime il giudizio degli insegnanti sui risultati raggiunti da uno studente nello studio (per lo più in contrapp. al voto di condotta.