Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to set out what the most common undesirable student behaviours are and what kind of strategies classroom teachers use to overcome these behaviours. The sample of the research consists of 102 classroom teachers working in primary schools in Türkoğlu, Kahramanmaraş who were selected through convenience sampling method. Data in this Qualitative research were developed benefiting from two different surveys. in order to determine undesired student behaviours and the strategies that classroom teachers use to cope with those behaviours in the class, a survey consist of 28 questions was designed. And reliability analysis has been made by applying to 100 teachers in the province of Hatay. As a result of the reliability analysis,, 9 questions were removed from the questionnaire and the reliability of the questionnaire which is the value of Cronbach Alpha, was calculated as 88. After reliability analysis, the final form of the questionnaire is applied to teachers in the sample. The data obtained in this study were analyzed with the help of computers. According to the research, complaining about his/her classmates, talking without permission in the class, dealing with things about out of class activities are among the most common undesirable student behaviours. Classroom teachers who face with undesirable behaviours in the classrooms stated that they use these strategies: verbal warning, reminding classroom rules, giving responsibility to the students, addressing the students by name, making eye contact, stripping the students of their favourite things.

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