Classroom Misbehavior in the Eyes of Students: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

A Summary of students' perceptions of student problem behaviors inside classroom (𝑁=18).

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
Talking out of turn	Asking nonsense question	1	0	1	0
	Calling out	5	1	1	0
	Having disruptive conversation	15	6	9	3
	Subtotal	21	7	11	3
Disrespecting teacher	Disobedience/Refusing to carry out instructions	4	0	2	1
	Rudeness/Talking back/Arguing with teacher	4	1	2	3
	Offending/Attacking teacher	3	0	0	0
	Subtotal	11	1	4	4
Doing something in private	Dealing with personal stuff	4	0	0	0
	Doing homework	3	0	0	0
	Using electronic device (texting, playing games, surfing webpages, listening to music)	1	2	0	0
	Irrelevant drawing	2	0	0	0
	Subtotal	10	2	0	0
Verbal aggression	Attacking classmates	2	0	0	0
	Gossiping	2	0	0	0
	Quarrelling with classmates	1	0	0	0
	Speaking foul language	0	0	0	1
	Teasing classmates	3	0	0	0
	Subtotal	8	0	0	1
Out of seat	Changing seats	1	0	0	0
	Wandering around the classroom	6	4	2	1
	Subtotal	7	4	2	1
Sleeping		7	0	2	0
Playing		6	0	1	0
Clowning/Making fun		5	2	2	0
(Habitual) failure in submitting assignments		5	1	0	0
Non-attentiveness/Looking out of window		5	1	1	0
Non-verbal communication	Via body language, papers	5	0	1	1
Physical aggression	Attacking classmates	1	0	1	1
	Destroying things	1	0	0	0
	Pushing classmates	1	0	0	0
	Striking classmates	1	1	0	1
	Subtotal	4	1	1	2
Isolating classmates		3	0	0	1
Making noise	E.g., rocking chair, paper-playing, singing	2	1	0	0
Copying homework		2	0	0	0
Forget to bring textbook and other learning materials to class		2	1	0	0
Disturbing other classmates		2	0	0	0
Invasion of privacy		1	0	0	0
Intimate physical contact		1	1	0	0
Total responses		107	22	25	13