The Role of Learning Difficulties in the Prevalence of Behavioral Problems Among Students From the Viewpoint of their Teachers

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the impact of learning difficulties on the emergence of behavioral problems among primary stage students, By studying the differences in the emergence of these problems between the excelling in the study and the ordinary as well as those with learning difficulties, Where the descriptive (comparative) approach was adopted, the research sample consisted of 67 students from the fourth and fifth primary levels (23) of whom have learning difficulties, (19) of the excelling scholars and the remaining (25) are from the ordinary achievement. The scale (behavioral problems of students from the viewpoint of their teachers prepared by the researcher) was applied to the three groups of students. The research concluded that there are fundamental differences in behavioral problems (impulsivity, excessive movement, aggressive behavior, withdrawal behavior, weak school discipline) between the three groups of research from the viewpoint of their teachers.