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Disruptive behavior

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCore term

In education & teaching, disruptive behavior means: Actions by a student that interrupt teaching or stop other students from learning, such as shouting out, talking constantly or refusing to follow instructions.

In Turkish: dersi bozan davranış, istenmeyen davranış, sınıf düzenini bozan davranış

How it is used

Used in behavior policies, incident reports and meetings with parents. Teachers deal with, manage or reduce disruptive behavior. Low-level disruption (UK) means small but frequent interruptions like chatting or tapping.

Example sentences

  1. Most disruptive behavior in my class happens during transitions between activities.

  2. The policy explains step by step how staff should respond to disruptive behaviour.

Common collocations

  • deal with disruptive behavior
  • low-level disruption
  • behavior policy
  • reduce disruptive behavior
  • classroom managementThe ways a teacher organizes the class, time, space and student behavior so that everyone can learn in a calm, focused and safe environment.
  • classroom rulesA short list of clear expectations about how students should behave in a class, often agreed together and displayed on the wall.
  • detentionA punishment in which a student must stay at school during a break or after school hours, usually under a teacher's supervision.
  • positive reinforcementGiving something pleasant, such as praise, a reward or privileges, right after a desired behavior so that the behavior is more likely to happen again.
  • on taskDoing the work or activity that the teacher has set and paying attention to it, rather than chatting or doing something else.

More terms: Classroom Management

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