Inappropriate Behavior In The Classroom

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Furthermore, Flores (2016) mentioned in her study that Garcia (2011) stated that not knowing how to handle accordingly inappropriate behaviors may result to numerous problems on the part of the teacher and /or child. Some researchers show that when children exhibitunproductive classroom behaviors, maximum learning is not met and this will cause teachers to spend more energy and time attending these behaviors rather than helping children learn effectively and efficiently. Children are characteristically active and adventurous, and because they have lots of energy to burn, they are always on the go. According to ADHD Society of the Philippines, 20% to 25% of children experience hyperactivity.
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Behavior management uses a set of techniques in decreasing unwanted or inappropriate behavior. Hence, it focuses on maintaining order. This requires the individual to identify which behaviors one will encourage and which will be discourage.
Behavior management at a classroom level as use by teachers to present rules against disturbing and interrupting other students, likewise with individual students to change poor choices and bad habits, such as getting up out of their seats when they should be seated (Ward, 2015).
Parsonon (2012) cited that the usual response to problematic behavior is to identify the child(ren) involved as ‘the problem’, to focus on them as a source of ‘trouble’ and to devise strategies specifically to deal with their inappropriate behavior.
Moreover, Ward (2015) mentioned in her blog that behavior management includes identification of the problem or negative behavior, education about replacement behaviors, alterations to the individual’s environment to reduce the negative behavior, positive reinforcement to encourage the new behavior and negative reinforcement to discourage the inappropriate