An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

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This study aimed at identifing the aspects of negative behaviors ‎among students in the basic stage from the viewpoint of teachers and ‎mechanisms of coping with them. To achieve this aim, instruments were ‎administered to a sample of 832 teachers (413 males and 419 females). ‎Results revealed the following: 1) The level of the teachers' evaluation ‎of the student's aspects of negative behaviors in the basic stage was ‎average, while their coping with them was high. 2) The most frequent ‎five aspects of the student's negative behaviors were arranged as follows: ‎Scribbling on walls, talking without permission, cursing, kicking others, ‎and mess. In contrast, the least frequent five aspects were arranged as ‎follows: walking in class, hand clapping, calling, making noise, and ‎using obscene words and expressions. The arrangement of the domains of ‎negative behavior aspects were as follows: aggressive behavior domain, ‎verbal behavior domain, and motor behavior domain. 3) The most ‎frequent five mechanisms used by teachers to cope with the negative ‎behavior of the students were arranged as follows: ignorance, time-out, ‎engagement, attractive methods, and constructing human relations with ‎students. The least frequent five mechanisms arranged were as follows: ‎humor, identifying causes of behavior, punishment, guidance, and ‎cooperative learning. The arrangement of the styles domains was as ‎follows: social, psychological, and educational.‎

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This study aimed at identifing the aspects of negative behaviors ‎among students in the basic stage from the viewpoint of teachers and ‎mechanisms of coping with them. To achieve this aim, instruments were ‎administered to a sample of 832 teachers (413 males and 419 females). ‎Results revealed the following: 1) The level of the teachers' evaluation ‎of the student's aspects of negative behaviors in the basic stage was ‎average, while their coping with them was high. 2) The most frequent ‎five aspects of the student's negative behaviors were arranged as follows: ‎Scribbling on walls, talking without permission, cursing, kicking others, ‎and mess. In contrast, the least frequent five aspects were arranged as ‎follows: walking in class, hand clapping, calling, making noise, and ‎using obscene words and expressions. The arrangement of the domains of ‎negative behavior aspects were as follows: aggressive behavior domain, ‎verbal behavior domain, and motor behavior domain. 3) The most ‎frequent five mechanisms used by teachers to cope with the negative ‎behavior of the students were arranged as follows: ignorance, time-out, ‎engagement, attractive methods, and constructing human relations with ‎students. The least frequent five mechanisms arranged were as follows: ‎humor, identifying causes of behavior, punishment, guidance, and ‎cooperative learning. The arrangement of the styles domains was as ‎follows: social, psychological, and educational.‎