Opportunities and Challenges that Class Agreements Bring to Lowering Fifth Graders’ Disruptive Behavior

ABSTRACT : This action research aimed at identifying the opportunities and challenges on classroom agreements that may be implemented to diminish students’ disruptive behavior in class and improving their behavioral engagement. It was conducted in a public school in Rionegro, Antioquia with 26 fifth graders. Action strategies included involvement of students in the creation of classroom agreements which helped them reflect about their own behavior in class. Data gathering instruments included teacher’s journal, students’ reflections, and a focus group. Findings referred to the opportunity of how classroom agreements helped some students become aware of their own behavior to self-regulate and encourage other classmates to regulate themselves, and the challenge of how recognizing classroom agreements represented an issue for some students who continued misbehaving and self-regulated was perceived only after receiving a reward.

• Autores: Guerra Pérez, Lina María
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/40588
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/40588
• Palabra clave: Education - study and teaching; Educación - enseñanza; Motivation in education; Motivación en educación; High school students; Estudiantes de educación media; Teacher-student relationships; Relaciones maestro - estudiante
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/