CAUSES OF STUDENTS’ DISRUPTIVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

In Pakistani universities, Student’s disruptive behavior in classrooms is at alarming rate. Both students and teachers are worried and thinking about the causes of disruptive classroom behavior. This study was conducted to compare the perceptions of university teachers and students about the causes of student's disruptive behavior in classroom. For this purpose, A 30 items questionnaire QCDCB was developed and was used for data collection.  All the university students and teachers of public sector universities of Pakistan comprised the population of the study. SPSS 16th version was used for the analysis of data. It was concluded that university teachers and students in Pakistan think in a same way about the causes of disruptive classroom behavior.