Student Classroom Misbehavior: An Exploratory Study Based on Teachers' Perceptions

Table 1

A Summary of the teachers’ perceptions of student problem behaviors inside classroom.

Category	Subcategory	Number of responses	Number of responses regarding on the most common problem behavior	Number of responses regarding on the most disruptive behavior	Number of responses regarding on the most unacceptable problem behavior
	Dealing with personal stuff	3	0	0	0
	Doing homework	2	0	0	0
Doing something in private	Using electronic device (for texting, playing games, surfing webpage, listening to music)	4	0	0	0
	Irrelevant reading	2	0	0	0
	Irrelevant drawing	2	0	0	0
	Subtotal	13	0	0	0
Talking out of turn	Calling out	1	0	0	1
	Making remarks	1	0	0	0
	Having disruptive conversation	9	5	2	2
	Subtotal	11	5	2	3
Verbal aggression	Teasing classmates	4	0	0	1
	Attacking classmates	3	1	1	0
	Quarrelling with classmates	1	0	0	0
	Speaking foul language	2	0	0	1
	Subtotal	10	1	1	2
Disrespecting teachers	Disobedience/Refusing to carry out instructions	4	0	0	2
	Rudeness/Talking back, arguing with teacher	4	1	1	3
	Subtotal	8	1	1	5
Non-attentiveness/Daydreaming/Idleness		7	2	2	1
Sleeping		6	0	1	0
Out of seat	Changing seats	1	1	0	0
	Wandering around the classroom	2	0	1	1
	Catching	1	0	0	0
	Running away from the classroom	1	0	0	0
	Subtotal	5	1	1	1
Habitual failure in submitting assignments		5	0	0	1
Physical aggression	Striking classmates	2	0	0	0
	Pushing classmates	1	0	0	0
	Destroying things	1	0	0	0
	Subtotal	4	0	0	0
Copying homework		4	1	0	0
Non-verbal communication	Via body language, facial expressions, papers	4	0	0	0
Clowning		3	0	0	1
Playing		3	0	0	0
Lateness to class		2	0	0	0
Eating/Drinking		1	1	0	0
Have not yet prepared textbook well		1	0	0	0
Passive engagement in class		1	0	0	1
Total responses		88	12	8	15