Peer Pressure Towards Negative Behaviour and Classroom Quality Effects on Academic Achievement
Children are often viewed as happy, carefree beings without having to care for most stressors in life. However, take a closer look and we would understand that children do have their growing pains as well. In this research, children are defined as young kids below the age of 12. As they grow older, they undergo many changes in their life, and it is of no surprise that they need to learn to cope from the situation based on those changes. This study is designed to understand the underlying theories and factors that could affect the children’s development through the environmental influences that may promote or affect the development of behavior and achievement through peer pressure and classroom quality (Adams, Ryan, Ketsetzis, and Keating, 2000). The main question the researcher is curious is about understanding the effects of environmental factors towards children. How could peer pressure affect the behavior of children; and to what extent does it influence children? What about the quality of classroom and how can it be applied to maximize and promote better conditions for children in academic achievement?
It is believed that children’s behavior can be influenced by their peers due to the pressure they face in their lives, particularly in the school. Peer pressure is defined as the feeling obtained by an individual when a person of a similar age pushes or influences you to make a particular choice which may be positive or negative (Peer Pressure Bag of Tricks, n.d.; Fanti and Henrich, 2010). Meanwhile, behavior is defined as the action or reaction a person has under particular circumstances based on reactions or responses by other people (WordNet Search – 3.1 (n.d.)).
On the other hand, classroom quality is defined as the interaction between the student and the teacher in a classroom which provides or fulfils the emotional, academic, and social aspects of the student in the classroom as well as the physical environment present in the classroom (Pianta, 2006). It
It is believed that children’s behavior can be influenced by their peers due to the pressure they face in their lives, particularly in the school. Peer pressure is defined as the feeling obtained by an individual when a person of a similar age pushes or influences you to make a particular choice which may be positive or negative (Peer Pressure Bag of Tricks, n.d.; Fanti and Henrich, 2010). Meanwhile, behavior is defined as the action or reaction a person has under particular circumstances based on reactions or responses by other people (WordNet Search – 3.1 (n.d.)).
On the other hand, classroom quality is defined as the interaction between the student and the teacher in a classroom which provides or fulfils the emotional, academic, and social aspects of the student in the classroom as well as the physical environment present in the classroom (Pianta, 2006). It