Recent research on troublesome classroom behaviour: A review

Recent research on troublesome classroom behaviour: A review

• Beaman, Robyn Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• Wheldall, Kevin Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• Kemp, Coral Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Australasian Journal of Special Education, 31(1), 45-60, 2007

Routledge

2007

• B Human Behaviour
  • BE Behavioural Problems, Unruly & Criminal Behaviours, Juvenile Delinquency, Children & Youth at Risk, Triad Society
• F Learning & Teaching
  • FG Classroom Management & Control
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Behaviour Management Behaviour Problems Classroom Techniques Discipline Gender Differences Special Needs Students Student Behaviour Classroom Research Literature Reviews Australia Greece Hong Kong Jordan Malta United States

• Australia
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Jordan
• Malta
• United States

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

A review is provided of recent research literature on the topic of troublesome classroom behaviour, published over the past decade or so with particular reference to research carried out in Australian schools. Nine Australian studies are reviewed, as well as a further seven from the USA, Hong Kong, Jordan, Greece and Malta. Seven of the studies deal with the early years and primary level of schooling, with six studies at the secondary level, and three that span primary and secondary levels of schooling. The following main themes are elucidated: the prevalence of behaviourally troublesome students; time spent managing troublesome behaviour; gender differences; and types of classroom (mis)behaviours, their severity and their frequency, Recent research confirms earlier findings that classroom misbehaviour is of widespread concern to teachers but that the main causes of disruption, while being frequent, are often relatively trivial in nature ('talking out of turn' behaviours in particular). While prevalence rates for troublesome students across classes are variable, boys are consistently identified as being more troublesome than girls.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 10300112

• 10.1080/10300110701189014

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/5f8c53c0

2010-11-28